As I mentioned in the first post under this title (the other posts: no. 2; no. 3; no. 4), this series was a way of breaking up a paper that I gave at a pre-General Assembly conference sponsored by the…
The two kingdoms. Few phrases so short could be lobbed with such devastating effect into a parlor conversation at a Reformed theology conference these days–or a few years ago, at any rate, though perhaps new topics have now succeeded it…
“Come to me all you who are weak and heavy laden and I will give you rest.” (Matt. 11:28) Oh, the beauty of Jesus’ invitation. Who has not known the weariness that Jesus evokes, and the almost palpable relief in…
“Come to me all you who are weak and heavy laden and I will give you rest.” (Matt. 11:28) Oh, the beauty of Jesus’ invitation. Who has not known the weariness that Jesus evokes, and the almost palpable relief in…
[For the explanation of this series and the first post, see here; see here for installments two and three. There will be a final application post tomorrow.] Even as the 1960s came toward a close, Nelson Bell continued to advocate…
[For an explanation of the series and the first post, see here; for the second post, see here] Other churches were not as interested in dialogue. Second Presbyterian Church, Memphis, Tennessee, drew national attention for its refusal to admit mixed-race…
[For an explanation of this series and the first post, see here.] Even with Taylor and Bell’s moderation on racial issues, there were those in conservative ranks who were determined to maintain racial integrity. W. A. Gamble, stated clerk of…
Over at Justin Taylor’s blog at the Gospel Coalition, I contributed to a historians’ forum that sought to answer certain questions on southern evangelicals and their failures on Civil Rights. My answer particular focused on southern Presbyterian conservatives, many of…
Like most Americans, I was astonished by the brazen and inept lies told by NBC anchorman Brian Williams about his faux exploits while covering the war in Iraq. Moreover, I find his precipitous fall (which surely is accelerating even as…
The early days of January 2015 have been disturbing ones for Western Europe and the ‘democratic’ world generally, as the streets of Paris have been visited with devastating violence and death manifesting the fruits of a totalitarian Islamic ideology growing…
