In a recent column over at 9 Marks, our good friend Mark Dever offered a list of things he can and cannot abide with in a church. Only three items fell into Dever’s “can’t abide with them” category: universalism, racism,…
Sorry it took me so long to answer Carl’s eccentric rants regarding English rugby vs. American football. I took the liberty of posting in a couple of pictures (see extended view). The top is a dramatic moment from a game…
For those who haven’t seen it yet, David Van Biema has a piece in the latest issue of Time magazine about the resurgence of Calvinism as a culture-shaping theology. Despite a few caricatures (Calvin’s God is not only “utterly sovereign,”…
Yesterday our regional Synod met in Stornoway Free Church for its routine annual meeting. A public lecture was given in the evening by Rev Kenneth Stewart of Dowanvale Free Church, Glasgow, on the subject of ‘The Labour of Prayer: Lessons…
Rumor has it that Carl “Trotter” has a birthday today. Bloggers be kind. Say something Trotskey-esque; remind him that his predictions seem likely to come to pass given the swagger of the Hill towards Europe. Not so much “Vive la Différence” as…
For those who have not yet purchased all things Bavinck in the hope that Christmas may come sooner in 2009, there is good news: our friends at Reformation Heritage Books, Joel Heflin and Feeding on Christ co-sponsoring an event which…
Cornelis Venema’s new book on paedo-communion is now available from Reformation Heritage Books: Children at the Lord’s Table: Assessing the Case for Paedocommunion. “Dr. Venema has done a great service for the Reformed churches in presenting a clear, compelling,…
If you’re confused at all about embryonic stem cell research–I’d put myself in that category, though I try to keep up on the moral arguments and scientific developments– you may find this interview with Scott Klusendorf helpful: Klusendorf’s new…
I thought I would add yet another postscript to the “sky is falling over American evangelicalism” conversation. I think what Phil ends his post with is worth saying again. So I will, just adding a bit. Fundamentally, American evangelicals can…
“O Lord, strengthen our infirmities, especially those which hinder our ministry beyond our control; give us nerve to overcome the shyness that fetters utterance, and ease for awkwardness of address; turn us from our sensitive consciousness of ourselves, that we…
