Check out the latest piece of post-Stryper/Christian hair rock scholarly hirsutological analysis of the Old Testament here. Dr Jue, esteemed church historian at Westminster Seminary brought it to my attention and has already recommended it to the Bookstore there…
So Derek’s in New York? Not to instill within him a spirit of envy (Still a ly sin? Or, was it downwgraded to venial?), but I just so happen to be in Spanish Wells, Bahamas, speaking at a conference with…
I am in New York teaching a D.Min module to our Korean brothers on the topic of Reformed Experiential Preaching. Well, someone has to go to New York! Today, among other things, we took a look at the “The Directory for…
In studying to preach Ecclesiastes, I came across this gem in the classic commentary by Charles Bridges, referring to the prayer that the tax collector offers in Luke 18:13: “The publican’s prayer will suit to the very last breath–nothing better–contrition…
The Calvin 500 is a major international celebration of the life, ministry, theology, and legacy of John Calvin. The event is scheduled for July 5 to 9 in Geneva, Switzerland. A good number of Council Members from the Alliance of Confessing…
Hardly a day goes by that someone doesn’t ask for suggestions on how to make an appropriate cake to celebrate Calvin’s birthday. Finally, we have the answer: HT: Z
There are few things that are more precious to Christ and yet more neglected by his people than the church and what the Bible has to say about it. It is his body and bride and he shed his blood…
This is the title of Molly Worthen’s article on Seattle’s Mark Driscoll in last Sunday’s New York Times Magazine. It was hard to tell what Ms. Worthen disliked more: Driscoll’s masculinity or Driscoll’s Calvinism. To her credit, though, Worthen played…
I see from the endorsements on Michael Haykin’s new book on Christian lovers that a whole bunch of hardline macho fundamentalists have suddenly put down their .45s and machetes and got in touch with their feminine sides at last. What…
