In preparing for the time of Bible-empowered sharing at my usual Sunday gig at St Olaf the Sublime, I came upon this outrageous piece of androcentric oppression from one of those dead white males who’s gruesome shadow lies so long…
A very fine column here by our friend Russell Moore on Brian McLaren’s recent address at a youth conference at Willow Creek. Make sure to read to the end to see how Russ ties the article together.
Another timely word from Horatius Bonar, in “Christ is All”: The Piety of Horatius Bonar, ed. Michael A. G. Haykin and Darrin R. Brooker (2007), 79-80: What is Christianity? Not metaphysics, not mysticism, not a compliation of guesses at truth.…
This is a message from the campus of African Bible University, Uganda, where I am spending a week with my son, Stephen. Along with Rev Burk Parsons of St Andrews Chapel, Florida, editor of Tabletalk, we are involved in the…
The 28,000 Polish Catholic priests have been reprimanded by Father Wieslaw Przyczyna for plagiarising sermons off the internet. See the story here in Saturday’s Guardian newspaper. Rumour has it that some have been downloading Trueman’s sermons from the web. Can we…
This past weekend we had Keith and Kristyn Getty at the college for a concert. I know it’s quite early in the century, but I will put what’s left of my reputation as a church historian on the line in…
Reading John Wyclif `On the Pastoral office’ with a ThM class this morning, I was struck by how he fulminated against the fact that clergy in his day only wanted to minister at big, lucrative, socially prestigious churches. Imagine my…
“It takes no courage to sign up as a Protestant. To live by the truths of historic Protestantism, however, is an entirely different matter. That takes courage in today’s context.” Why? Wells answers: “The truths of historic Protestantism are sometimes…
In his interview with Derek Thomas, Sean Lucas confessed to being a fan of country music. Since he’s given the genre his imprimatur, I’ll ‘fess up, too. I, however, came to country music rather recently, when I met Tom Douglas…
If you are looking for adult Sunday School material, written from a “means of grace”, confessional point of view, I am enthusiastically suggesting that you take a look at the material being produced by the ARPs (Associate Reformed Presbyterian): The…
