The Crook in the Lot: Part I
One of the first people that I hope to meet in heaven is the Scottish theologian Thomas Boston, who was the subject of my doctoral research in church history. [1] I admire the man for the depth of his theology. …
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The Crook in the Lot: Part I
One of the first people that I hope to meet in heaven is the Scottish theologian Thomas Boston, who was the subject of my doctoral research in church history. [1] I admire the man for the depth of his theology. …
Calvinism and Worldliness
My colleague Guy Davies has drawn my attention to an article by Peter Masters in which he accuses virtually every professing Calvinist in America of being worldly and promoting worldliness. The article begins with a swipe at Hansen’s Young, Restless…
Shakespeare as a Christian Writer
The myth of the secular Shakespeare continues to cast a long shadow over most people’s perception of Shakespeare’s plays. Until I inherited the Shakespeare course in my department halfway through my career, I assumed that despite certain Christian patterns and…
Shakespeare as a Christian Writer
The myth of the secular Shakespeare continues to cast a long shadow over most people’s perception of Shakespeare’s plays. Until I inherited the Shakespeare course in my department halfway through my career, I assumed that despite certain Christian patterns and…
Marriage and the UK
Ref21 readers might be interested to read (obviously well edited) reports of a speech made by a member of Duke Street Church ( in South West London), a high court judge on the family issue. He had taken part in a BBC…
Rejected
Apparently, in my distress tear-laden state I applied an incorrect hyperlink to the sermon preached by Dr Bill Barcley at Rev Carl’s ordination.
How Could a Good God Allow Suffering and Evil?
What is evil?There are two kinds of evil: moral and natural. Moral evil is sin, such as murder, rape, abuse, terrorism, or genocide. Natural evil is what causes suffering and unpleasantness; it is the result of moral evil. For…
Hearing the Voice of Jesus in the Epistle of James
James D.G. Dunn once referred to the epistle of James as “the most Jewish, the most undistinctively Christian document in the New Testament.” [1] We all know that Martin Luther had serious concerns about the content of the epistle of…
Derek Thomas: The one the Lord rejected?
I notice Delboy’s link to Trueman’s ordination simply loops back to the same page. Is this proof that blogging is, as we all suspect, mere narcissism? Or is it perchance that Derek wants to deny readers access to Bill Barcley’s…