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…
Phil Ryken trying to be me outside St. Pierre Cathedral, Geneva. Day 4 and 3 more sermons: Geoff Thomas on election, Joel Beeke on the church and Martin Holdt on Psalm 100. “How can you know if…
Years ago, I tried (and by general consent failed) to develop as my party trick an impersonation of the Hollywood actor, Christopher Walken. When I donned his identity, I just said the one line: “I’m going to hurt you.” To…
Years ago, I tried (and by general consent failed) to develop as my party trick an impersonation of the Hollywood actor, Christopher Walken. When I donned his identity, I just said the one line: “I’m going to hurt you.” To…
(Ligon Duncan preaching in St. Pierre Cathedral, Geneva) Three more sermons today: Steve Lawson on Galatians 1:6-10, an uncompromising call to defend the gospel against all detractors after the fashion of the Reformer, Iain D. Campbell on Romans 8:26-27,34,…
Another day of lectures and sermons: Evidently, Calvinists (the ones present at the Calvin500 celebrations) are prepared to hear three sermons in succession from 7-10 pm! Tonight, Phil Ryken gave an outstanding sermon in 1 Corinthians 16:5-11, illustrating Paul’s constraint…
Day 1 of the Calvin 500. Sinclair Ferguson opened the proceedings preaching from Calvin’s pulpit (not really; that one fell to pieces and the present one is nineteenth century but in the same spot). His text was Philippians 3:8-12 in…
Recently, I tweeted my appreciation for T.H.L. Parker’s Portrait of Calvin. I have had the little book since the days of my doctoral studies in Britain (my copy is a little hardback, published by SCM and bought second-hand – it…
David Robertson, editor of the Free Church Monthly Record and minister of St. Peter’s Free Church, Dundee, has written an editorial (to be published in the July edition) in which he has expressed some opinions regarding recent developments in the…
