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I have just returned from a very pleasant week of fellowship and ministry among the Reformed Presbyterians in Northern Ireland. It was my privilege to preach at the Knockbracken Bible Week, as well as at a men’s meeting beforehand, and…

On January 14, 1874, Old Princeton’s Charles Hodge read a paper expressing his dire concerns regarding the perils of Darwin’s evolution to the Christian faith.  Hodge (who was hardly a hard-core creationist) understood the character and function of Darwinism.  “What…

According to this 1995 commercial, “American Online is making it easier for people to live, work, and play.” In part, this is true. Ordering roses for our spouse, checking the weather, arranging family vacations, and watching the news is much…

About 2 years ago I was in the US and was raving about Ralph Davis and how I hope he’ll keep writing in retirement. I remember the first time I read Ralph Davis. It was like finding water in a…

The Emergent project has had a reboot. It’s got a new name (the CANA Initiative), a new website, the same weary rhetoric, and the usual suspects (although, if you look carefully, I was a little surprised to find Dracula alongside…

As Katniss Everdeen, Haymitch Abernathy, and Peeta Mellark are traveling to the Hunger Games, Katniss walks into a conversation where she is greeted by these words from Haymitch: “I was just giving some life-saving advice… It should come in handy…

When one’s own elders are feeding photographs to Trueman you know the gloves are off.   In continuing Carl’s theme of following the money a number of British ministers now ministering in America got together recently with their wives.

I’ve read sections of ‘Letters to a Minister’s Wife‘ and I’m not so enamoured as Carl is with it. Bits of it are helpful but some of it is so twee. I never thought Trueman would go in for homespun nonsense…