Humility
Some weeks back I noted a leading emergent webpage which spends it’s time telling the reader how important and radical (in the Starbucks latte drinking sense of the word….) the particular person who writes on it is. I raised the question…
Category Reformation21
A Church for the City
From Charles Spurgeon, “The First Cry from the Cross”: “These places of worship are not built that you may sit here comfortably, and hear something that shall make you pass away your Sundays with pleasure. A church in London which…
Biblical Masculinity #3: Industry
We are noting the importance of godly masculinity and lamenting the baleful effects of its lack. In earlier posts, I highlighted the importance that a man fear the Lord and also have provided a definition of biblical masculinity. Turning back…
A Response from Susan Wise Bauer
I have seen a response from Susan Wise Bauer to my ref 21 post of a few days ago, in which I responded to her Books & Culture article that complained about the “slippery slope” argument I and others had…
Biblical Masculinity #2: A Definition
A few years ago I became intrigued when I saw John Eldridge’s ridiculous statement about men, in the wildly popular Wild at Heart, that unlike Eve, Adam was created outside the Garden and so men are called to life in…
New Edition of Ref21
Check out the front page for details of the latest edition of reformation21. The focus this month is on C. H. Spurgeon with two great articles by Zach Eswine and William Farley. Don’t forget to check out Carl Trueman’s Windows…
The Singularity
Historians now generally regard the 1900’s as “the American Century.” What do you suppose they will call the twenty-first century? Possibly “the Biotech Century,” as new scientific discoveries enable the radical re-engineering of the human body [see Jeremy Rifkin, The…
The Singularity
Historians now generally regard the 1900’s as “the American Century.” What do you suppose they will call the twenty-first century? Possibly “the Biotech Century,” as new scientific discoveries enable the radical re-engineering of the human body [see Jeremy Rifkin, The…
The Freudom of the Christian
Christians often strike me as the most Freudian of people. Say what you like, I have a sneaking suspicion that Freud, rather than Augustine, Luther, or Calvin, probably offers the best insights into the way that Christians really think and…
Biblical Masculinity #1: Fear of the Lord
In an earlier post to this blog, I stated that whatever problem we are facing from evangelical feminism, we have at least as big a problem with Christian masculinity. Also, I stated that the best remedy for feminism is a…