A happy and blessed 2010 from Bonnie Scotland. I have been dipping again into Pilgrim’s Progress, and was very moved by the passage in which Bunyan describes Christian being entertained in the Palace Beautiful, situated between Hill Difficulty and the…
Here’s a great quote from Marilynne Robinson’s essay on “Puritans and Prigs” in The Death of Adam: Essays on Modern Thought (p. 153): “The way we speak and think of the Puritans seems to me a serviceable model for important…
I wasn’t born and raised in the Reformed church. In other words, I am a Reformed immigrant. Like many people in the Reformed church today, I migrated out of broad based evangelicalism and non-denominationalism. Many of my friends, both ministers…
I wasn’t born and raised in the Reformed church. In other words, I am a Reformed immigrant. Like many people in the Reformed church today, I migrated out of broad based evangelicalism and non-denominationalism. Many of my friends, both ministers…
As always, I was deeply blessed by special services of worship celebrating the birth (and life and death and resurrection) of Jesus the Christ. Of particular joy and comfort this year were the following verse from Paul Gerhardt (one of the…
One of Milton’s earliest poems, from when he was around 21 and at Cambridge, is entitled “On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity.” I think Carl was at Cambridge when he was 21. Not sure, though, if he was writing poetry. Anyway,…
By now I’m sure you have all seen Tim Keller, both from the back and peering above the fold, on USA Today’s Cover for Thursday, December 17, for the story on multiple site churches. The article singles out Keller for…
In contrast to the popular fiction and apologetic writings of C.S. Lewis, a less familiar body of social commentary exists within the writer’s corpus. These writings give some of the clearest insight into the political, social, and philosophical environment in…
Some weeks ago a friend forwarded me a link to the blog of an American Christian academic. Now, at the risk of protesting too much, I must stress that I don’t read blogs – I really don’t read blogs –…
Just when you thought that everything written and preached by C.H. Spurgeon had been published, along comes this volume from Day One PUblications, publishing 45 sermons for the first time in a gathered volume. C.H. Spurgeon’s Sermons Beyond Volume 63 is…
