Rarely has one man stood up against so many opponents–or against so great an evil–for so long and with so little encouragement, before finally meeting with such a complete triumph, as William Wilberforce in his long battle against the…
Rarely has one man stood up against so many opponents–or against so great an evil–for so long and with so little encouragement, before finally meeting with such a complete triumph, as William Wilberforce in his long battle against the…
I am very pleased to announce that Dan Doriani’s commentary on James has just been released — a very handsome volume. In the interests of full disclosure, I should mention that it is in the Reformed Expository Commentary series that…
No doubt the blogosphere will be agog today over James Cameron’s announcement (he of Titanic fame) that he has found the tomb of Jesus (and his son, of all people). The first advance notice I saw of today’s press conference…
IVP-UK is set to publish a landmark work: Pierced for Our Transgressions: Rediscovering the Glory of Penal Substitution. (Clicking on the link will take you to a website for the book. You can also order it from Amazon.com/uk–it is due…
Mississippi was great fun. Getting to meet `Nate-Dog’ and `The Gnome’ and the various other criminal Welsh-types who gather around Ref21 was a pleasure. And staying at a hotel where the guy behind the desk looked like Rod Steiger in `In…
Baker Academic has now posted online a PDF excerpt of Kelly Kapic’s new book, Communion with God: The Divine and Human in the Theology of John Owen. The PDF contains J. I. Packer’s foreword, the table of contents, and the…
In doing a little research on William Wilberforce this week (in anticipation of this week’s release of the film Amazing Grace, which marks the 200th anniversary of the slave trade in the British Empire), I stumbled across a quotation that…
It’s official. The American Psychological Association has found that the sexualisation of girls and young women is harmful. Yes indeedy — now we know that the portrayal of women as sex objects is not a good thing. Incredible, I know,…
Well, I too have enjoyed Mississippi. Most interesting was the comparison of ringtones on my cellphone with that of Del. I have the climax of The Who’s `Won’t get fooled again,’ Del has `Ride of the Valkyries.’ Now, who do you…
