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Reinke on Manton

Tony Reinke recently completed a series of blog posts on the neglected Puritan, Thomas Manton: Review of the Complete Works of Thomas Manton Interview: Ten Reasons to Read Manton Today Beeke: Biography of Thomas Manton (1620-1677) Manton: Walking by Faith…

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Spice Girls Better than Zeppelin???

Yes, it’s official. See here. Isn’t democracy wonderful.  I am not sure how to interpret the results.  Perhaps as a reactionary, Del-boy type feudalist: we need to return to the good old Wagnerian days; see what the generation of soul-patched,…

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Culture Making

A couple of days ago, I had some time to read on a flight to Philadelphia, and so was able finally to finish Andy Crouch’s new book, Culture Making: Recovering our Creative Calling. I have to admit that the pre-pub…

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Being Born Again

While I was in London I met up with my good friend Gary Brady.  Gary has written some fine books and his latest, What the Bible Teaches about Being Born Again , is a welcome treatment of the subject.  Great…

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The Gospel According to Theodor

In case some of our readers may have missed it, the August sermon series at The Oaks Fellowship in Red Oak, Texas, featured four messages on four books by Theodor Geisel (better known as Dr. Seuss).  “Sometimes we get way…

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Sharia Comes to Britain

According to The Sunday Times (9/14/08), the British government has incorporated Islamic law into the British legal system by establishing five sharia courts.  The judgments of these courts are now enforceable with the full power of British law, running all…