As usual, the Superbowl generates more questions for me than answers. How did a game of one hour develop over time into a game of between three and four hours? Who ever decided that a bunch of predominantly overweight men…
The Affinity Conference in High Leigh was most enjoyable. All British evangelical life was there. And for me half the fun was catching up with stacks of old friends. Dan Strange, public theologian, began every paragraph with an apologetic `I…
The Affinity Conference in High Leigh was most enjoyable. All British evangelical life was there. And for me half the fun was catching up with stacks of old friends. Dan Strange, public theologian, began every paragraph with an apologetic `I…
Over at Tim Challies’ place, a minor storm is brewing about whether Bonhoeffer was an evangelical (whatever that might mean) or not. Here are some thoughts: First, I am no Bonhoeffer scholar, but have enjoyed reading him over the…
Over at Tim Challies’ place, a minor storm is brewing about whether Bonhoeffer was an evangelical (whatever that might mean) or not. Here are some thoughts: First, I am no Bonhoeffer scholar, but have enjoyed reading him over the…
Perhaps only a few American readers will know the name of John Profumo. He was a British conservative MP, and married the actress, Valerie Hobson (Dennis Price’s love interest in Kind Hearts and Coronets). In 1963, as Minister of War,…
Perhaps only a few American readers will know the name of John Profumo. He was a British conservative MP, and married the actress, Valerie Hobson (Dennis Price’s love interest in Kind Hearts and Coronets). In 1963, as Minister of War,…
Now that things are calming down after all the excitement surrounding Liam Goligher, the latest winner of the UK reality TV show, I’m a Presbyterian, Get Me Out of Here! (in my humble opinion, a far better UK choice for…
Now that things are calming down after all the excitement surrounding Liam Goligher, the latest winner of the UK reality TV show, I’m a Presbyterian, Get Me Out of Here! (in my humble opinion, a far better UK choice for…
I just received in the post a copy of Mike Reeves’s new book, On Giants’ Shoulders: Introducing Great Theologians from Luther to Barth (IVP UK). This is a companion volume to his earlier work, The Breeze of the Centuries, which…
