From Dave Shiflett, Exodus: Why Americans Are Fleeing Liberal Churches for Conservative Christianity: “Most people go to church to get something they cannot get elsewhere. This consuming public–people who already believe, or who want their children to believe–go to church…
Carl, can you tell us again where to get all these provocative quotes from P. T. Forsyth? With regard to the last quotation in your most recent post, may I infer that Mr. Forsyth had never been to Wales?
I’ve been involved in teaching one of those one-week, all-day courses that allowed me little time except to “monitor” the blog. I noted that some lefty cab driver threatens to vilify the Welsh and a good friend from North Wales…
Some more from Forsyth. Theologians who have the gift of words that set minds on fire should be read:
Many thanks to Ligon for reporting Aaron Messner’s call to Covenant College. Aaron has exercised a faithful and dynamic ministry at Tenth Church, and we expect him to make a large difference on Covenant’s campus. His weekly ministry of the Word…
Belatedly, I write to reflect further on Carl Trueman’s Counterpoint (“Close, but No Cigar”). There Carl writes about his recent visit to a synagogue and the rabbi’s thoughtful homily on Genesis 22, which included everything except the gospel. As I read…
Follwing up on yesterday’s blog and one one I posted a week or so ago, I would want to make the case that the problem with so many postmodern approaches to the world is that they fail to grasp the…
I hate to break up the hilarity in which my good friends Messrs Trotter and Plectrum-Smith seem to be indulging, but I just spent a few moments looking at the webpage of a leading Emergent figure.
Matthew Bryant (Director of Church Relations) and our friend Niel Nielson (President) of Covenant College have just announced that the Rev. Aaron Messner has accepted its offer to become College Chaplain. Aaron will officially join Covenant on June 1, 2007. …
Posted January 16, 2007 Dear Rodney Trotter/Nicholas ‘Don’t Call Me Nicky!’ Mauss, Thank you for bringing to my attention the great work of St. Osiander of Osbourne, (who incidentally was widely known for celebrating the Lord’s Day primarily at night,…
