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Either Rome or Geneva

Scott Clark reports a fascinating but entirely predictable progression in the Reformed world’s theological rift these days.  The axiom holds true: one is moving either in the direction of Rome or of Geneva. You also have to give Scott credit…

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The Gods Must be Crazy

Writing in the October 23 edition of the Los Angeles Times, Wellesley Professor Mary Lefkowitz says, “Prominent secular and atheist commentators have argued lately that religion ‘poisons’ human life and causes endless violence and suffering. But the poison isn’t religion;…

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Overheard

It has been a real pleasure to hear Paul Tripp preach on Jonah in recent months.  Two of his more memorable lines have been especially thought provoking: “The anger of God is our only hope.”  (because in his implacable opposition…

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Dark Matter

Presumably the blogosphere is already abuzz with warnings about The Golden Compass, a New Line Cinema production scheduled to open on December 7. The warnings are justified: the film is based on Philip Pullman’s trilogy His Dark Materials, which is…

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The Sinner’s Friend

This is old news by now, but I wanted to share one more highlight from last week’s Reformation Hymn Festival. The children’s choir sang Martin Luther’s “All Glory be to God Alone.”  I’m not sure that I have heard this hymn…

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Lunch with Mitt Romney

Okay, it wasn’t a private lunch, but there weren’t all that many of us there, either.  Gov. Romney was in Greenville yesterday and I attended a Q & A forum with lunch.  I suppose winning the South Carolina primary is…

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Engaging with Barth

A substantial new collection of essays on Karl Barth is due out in the UK this January: Engaging with Barth: Contemporary Evangelical Critiques, edited by David Gibson & Daniel Strange (Nottingham: Apollos, January 2008) ISBN: 978-1-84474-245-5. It includes contributions from…

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All Saints Day

Today is All Saints Day, the super-bowl Sunday of sacred relics in the Roman Catholic Church.  Not many people realize that this is the reason why Reformation Day is the same as Halloween (All Hallows Eve).  Luther was specifically protesting…