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Reflections on being a grandfather

Thanks Phil. You are quite correct. I am a three-month old grandfather of a beautiful girl named “Hannah May.” In Belfast, where my daughter and son-in-law live, she is known as Hannah, but in Mississippi, these sweet folk have a…

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Senior Moment

I believe I am right in saying that Derek Thomas is now a grandfather, and for the first time.  Derek, would you care to give us any personal reflections on this significant milestone in the Thomas family?

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Gremlins

To all those of you who have e-mailed concerning my Nietzsche review and what appears to be gobbledygook; we are working on it. I’m blaming Trueman for his virulent attacks on my ethnicity!

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Nothing to give thanks for….

Given the question on the blog, I’m reminded of an anecdote my good pal, Rev Ian Glover, told me recently.  When doing archival work in Edinburgh, he came across one Scottish minister (whether 18th or 19th century, I cannot remember)…

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Stephen’s question

Cards on the table — like Derek, I know Stephen Williams.  He was my predecessor in the editorial chair at Themelios and, when I took over, memorably told me it was like `selling a second hand car to a friend’. …

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New Edition Is Up

For those who may not have noticed, a new edition of the e-zine is now online, including–among other things–Ron Gleason’s biographical sketch of Herman Bavinck, along with a review of the English translations of his Reformed Dogmatics. (Interesting and impressive…

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The Trinity: Tertullian and Hilary

The Trinitarian formulations of the early Church often seem to our postmodern culture as the inevitable brainchild of monastic orders, burlap habits, deserts, and Neoplatonic philosophy. Austere, abstract, and unconnected from everyday life – just like the stereotypical image of…

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The Trinity: Tertullian and Hilary

The Trinitarian formulations of the early Church often seem to our postmodern culture as the inevitable brainchild of monastic orders, burlap habits, deserts, and Neoplatonic philosophy. Austere, abstract, and unconnected from everyday life – just like the stereotypical image of…

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Star of Bethlehem

  The star was so beautiful, large, and clear,That all the other stars of the skyBecame a white mist in the atmosphere.And by this they knew that the coming was nearOf the Prince foretold in prophecy. Thus wrote Henry Wadsworth…

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Star of Bethlehem

  The star was so beautiful, large, and clear,That all the other stars of the skyBecame a white mist in the atmosphere.And by this they knew that the coming was nearOf the Prince foretold in prophecy. Thus wrote Henry Wadsworth…