To see ourselves as others see us…
I’ve just been reading Frank Schaeffer’s memoir, Crazy for God: How I Grew Up as one of the Elect, Helped Found the Religious Right, and Lived to Take All (or Almost All) of it Back (Carrol and Graf, 2007). …
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Calvin blog resumes Monday
The Calvin blog resumes on Monday with Sinclair Ferguson’s comments on the opening five chapters of Book I.
Classical Music
Last week, after ten or so years of wanting one, I finally bought a Bose Wave Music System. When I got it out of the box and tested it with various CDs, I have to admit that it just felt,…
Join Derek Thomas for a Webcast on “Blogging the Institutes” – Today at 1:00pm EST
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Preaching Workshop at Tenth
Phil is out of the country and asked me to post this: Tenth Presbyterian Church is hosting its 4th annual Workshop on Biblical Exposition, February 4 to 6, on the theme of Apocalyptic Literature. The workshop is sponsored…
Why Are There Never Enough Parking Spaces at the Prostate Clinic?
One of the modern shibboleths of the evangelical church, particularly the evangelical church in the West, is that of culture. One must be interested in culture, or one is simply irrelevant. Books and organizations abound on Christian approaches to various…
Why Are There Never Enough Parking Spaces at the Prostate Clinic?
One of the modern shibboleths of the evangelical church, particularly the evangelical church in the West, is that of culture. One must be interested in culture, or one is simply irrelevant. Books and organizations abound on Christian approaches to various…
Collin Hansen’s Top Theology Stories
Over at Christianity Today, Collin Hansen has compiled his list of the “Top Ten Theological Stories of 2008.” It includes the phenomenal success of the poorly written and theologically confused, The Shack, The Year of the Study Bible, and the…
Calvin blog
Just a reminder, the Calvin blog begins MONDAY. And, while we’re on Calvin, the Calvin 500 folks tell me that booking is now open for the Conference section here.
His Way is in the Sea
The worst maritime disaster in peacetime in British waters took place on the Isle of Lewis ninety years ago, on 1 January 1919. The yacht Iolaire (Gaelic for ‘eagle’) was returning some two hundred and fifty Lewismen who were returning…