Death of Cardinal Martini
When teaching at Nottingham University, I had a colleague who was a member of the Sisters of Notre Dame, an educational order in the RCC. I remember her telling me that Cardinal Martini would one day be Pope. It never…
Category Postcards from Palookaville
P T Forsyth on Personality Driven Preaching and Ministry
Here’s your weekly shot in the arm (or to the head) from Peter Taylor Forsyth. He died nearly one hundred years ago but he could have written this yesterday. Look on his words, ye mighty (and ye one-man multisites), and…
P T Forsyth on Personality Driven Preaching and Ministry
Here’s your weekly shot in the arm (or to the head) from Peter Taylor Forsyth. He died nearly one hundred years ago but he could have written this yesterday. Look on his words, ye mighty (and ye one-man multisites), and…
Three (Not) of a Kind
Three new books have crossed my desk this week, each of them worth looking at: In the tradition of William Cunningham, B. B. Warfield and Helmut Thielicke, Kelly Kapic has published A Little Book for New Theologians (IVP USA) which…
Three (Not) of a Kind
Three new books have crossed my desk this week, each of them worth looking at: In the tradition of William Cunningham, B. B. Warfield and Helmut Thielicke, Kelly Kapic has published A Little Book for New Theologians (IVP USA) which…
Denny Responds (but not like Conan)
In anticipation of my visit to SBTS in two weeks, it seems the profs there are lining up to shoot me. First, Michael Haykin on spiritual formation. Now another friend, Denny Burk has responded in a firm but friendly way…
Denny Responds (but not like Conan)
In anticipation of my visit to SBTS in two weeks, it seems the profs there are lining up to shoot me. First, Michael Haykin on spiritual formation. Now another friend, Denny Burk has responded in a firm but friendly way…
The Anti-Conan
After my comments on complementarianism last week, some have pushed back, arguing that this is a gospel distinctive or issue. Again, let me start by asserting my own complementarianism and also my allegiance to a denomination which, as far as…
The Anti-Conan
After my comments on complementarianism last week, some have pushed back, arguing that this is a gospel distinctive or issue. Again, let me start by asserting my own complementarianism and also my allegiance to a denomination which, as far as…
Conan the Complentarian Revisited
I see that Frank Turk at TeamPyro has concluded that my recent Conan the Barbarian comment was aimed at Ligon Duncan and started something of a twitter about it. Nonsense. A careful comparison of the two men indicates no similarity…