So far I have surprised myself by sticking to my intended reading list for the Summer, and have just finished Machiel A. Van Den Berg’s excellent paperback, Friends of Calvin. This collection of twenty-four of Calvin’s colleagues, contemporaries, relations, friends…
Hi Phil, Thanks for the warm comments re: The Decline and the suggestion of including James Pennington in future revisions. Pennington is a hero, and like you I appreciate his ministry. I continue to think that in so much of…
I have been doing a fair amount of reading on sabbatical, including Thabiti Anyabwile’s The Decline of African American Theology, which I enjoyed immensely. Thabiti uses original sources to document the ways in which African American theology has moved from…
I couldn’t let the day pass without wishing John Calvin a very happy 500th. He reminds us that theologians serve at the pleasure of God, in gratitude for him and for his glory. He reminds us that theologians serve the…
Today I received an e-mail from a friend known to many at First Presbyterian Church, Peter Jones. In it he recalled meeting Cardinal Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI) in the Vatican some twenty years ago. Peter related how he had…
Today I received an e-mail from a friend known to many at First Presbyterian Church, Peter Jones. In it he recalled meeting Cardinal Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI) in the Vatican some twenty years ago. Peter related how he had…
Day 5: and more sermons: Ted Donnelly with a superlative exposition of the closing verses of Romans 8 (if you can get a hold of this sermon you should); Hywel Jones on the Elihu narratives in Job (making the case…
Shakespeare’s indebtedness to the Bible is a subject of neglect in mainstream Shakespeare scholarship. This is surprising, inasmuch as the relevant data has been compiled by a coterie of Shakespeare scholars, most notably Naseeb Shaheen in his book Biblical References…
Shakespeare’s indebtedness to the Bible is a subject of neglect in mainstream Shakespeare scholarship. This is surprising, inasmuch as the relevant data has been compiled by a coterie of Shakespeare scholars, most notably Naseeb Shaheen in his book Biblical References…
There are few things as refreshing as a large glass of pure orange juice. However if you forget to obey the advice on the carton – best drunk shaken – the experience is rather less than it could be. Without…
