The Culture’s the Thing!
Looking back on the creepy cults of the 70s and the self-indulgent excesses of the televangelists of the 80s can be a little like watching an episode of some ghastly ‘reality TV show’: as the freaks and frauds parade on…
Category Postcards from Palookaville
The Culture’s the Thing!
Looking back on the creepy cults of the 70s and the self-indulgent excesses of the televangelists of the 80s can be a little like watching an episode of some ghastly ‘reality TV show’: as the freaks and frauds parade on…
Just when I thought I was out…they pull me back in
I have been persuaded today by concerned parties to enter the lists on the issue of how Luther has been co-opted for the cause of a kind of neo-antinomianism/Sonship theology by some figures in the YRR movement who are using…
Just when I thought I was out…they pull me back in
I have been persuaded today by concerned parties to enter the lists on the issue of how Luther has been co-opted for the cause of a kind of neo-antinomianism/Sonship theology by some figures in the YRR movement who are using…
The Gospel and Sexual Orientation
One of the little noted advantages of a confessional denomination is the ability to produce reports on urgent contemporary topics. Because such churches enjoy a high degree of unanimity on extensive doctrinal positions, they are free to address such topics…
The Gospel and Sexual Orientation
One of the little noted advantages of a confessional denomination is the ability to produce reports on urgent contemporary topics. Because such churches enjoy a high degree of unanimity on extensive doctrinal positions, they are free to address such topics…
Doodling in the Sand
The news that Brian McLaren has taken part in the same-sex commitment ceremony of his son has already received comment in the evangelical world. Denny Burk’s piece is particularly helpful. It is a reminder that familial ties and relations are…
Doodling in the Sand
The news that Brian McLaren has taken part in the same-sex commitment ceremony of his son has already received comment in the evangelical world. Denny Burk’s piece is particularly helpful. It is a reminder that familial ties and relations are…
Just Disconnect
It was said of John Henry Newman that he was never less alone than when alone. Newman liked the peace and quiet of isolation: it allowed him to read, to think and to write. I confess to some sympathy for…
More Quotable P.T. F.
I have not provided any quotation from Peter Taylor Forsyth for a few weeks. So here are two to reflect on. The first makes me think that maybe, just maybe, P.T.F. is the one man in post-apostolic history who could…