Ouch! The things Christians once got up to! Think, for instance, of old Simeon, the once-ballyhooed guru of the sixth-century Holy Fool movement. Not content with rubbing mustard into the eyes of the partially blind in mock ‘healing’ ceremonies, he…
Ouch! The things Christians once got up to! Think, for instance, of old Simeon, the once-ballyhooed guru of the sixth-century Holy Fool movement. Not content with rubbing mustard into the eyes of the partially blind in mock ‘healing’ ceremonies, he…
I felt like a kid in a candy store at this year’s Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) annual meeting held in Atlanta, GA. Deeply discounted commentaries, well-known biblical scholars, bible college friends, and discussion about justification–what more could a bible nerd…
I felt like a kid in a candy store at this year’s Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) annual meeting held in Atlanta, GA. Deeply discounted commentaries, well-known biblical scholars, bible college friends, and discussion about justification–what more could a bible nerd…
A word to all you marathon runners, artists, cake bakers! You think you’re hard done by try having bad grammar and spelling. I’m like a leper in reformed community.
I have been asked several times this week, “Do you celebrate Thanksgiving?” As a Brit living in America, it’s not quite on the same level as, “Do you celebrate the 4th of July in Britain?” (Yes, I really have been…
With the news that the Free Church have adopted a more open position on worship the usual discussions are beginning to be had. ‘Why don’t you Presbyterians just get together.’ It’s true that the Free Church’s decision does open up…
Been following the Wright/Schreiner/Thielman exchange over justification at ETS last week in Atlanta? Among the many good points from Tom Schreiner’s criticism is the challenge to Wright’s insistence on making justification an ecclesiological issue and not a soteriological one, to…
Here’ s some good material to listen to from the UK The Fulwood conference took place in Sheffield last week Garry Williams spoke on the Love of God whilst Ben Cooper was on the Creator God. Stuart Olyott gave…
George Barna (he of “there’s no future for the local church” fame) has just released his latest survey results pertaining to the much ballyhooed Reformed Awakening, and he calms the faithful by assuring them that there is not in fact…
