I’ve been reading just about everything Paul Helm writes with great enthusiasm since I first encountered his The Varieties of Belief (1973) during my days as an undergraduate. Moreover, I almost always find myself agreeing with him, even when he…
You may have noticed that “Print this page” tags have appeared on our site indicating just what it says: the ability to print the page without losing half the material scrolled off the page to the right, or whatever! Note…
I’ve been a subscriber to the monthly magazine, The Gramophone, for over forty years and in the latest edition (August 2006) there is an interview with the leading American baritone, Thomas Hampson. It transpires that he’s an ipod geek. And…
Carl Trueman is speaking at the Tyndale Fellowship Associates Annual Day Conference on September 30, 2006 in Cambridge, England. More details here. The topic is “Church and Theology Today: What is Really At Stake?” [3 sessions plus Q & A] All,…
When you boil it all down, the work of the pastor can be summed up as follows. Our endeavor is, insofar as we are able, to make those who are not united to Jesus Christ realize that they are not united to…
Those of you who have already read Paul Helm’s critique of Kevin Vanhoozer’s take on Charles Hodge in this edition, will be interested to learn that Vanhoozer has sent us a reply which we’ll be posting on Monday. Helm will…
My good friend, Valdeci de Santos, a professor at the McKenzie Presbyterian Seminary in Sao Paulo, Brazil has been attending the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Brazil (IPB). He informs me that the Assembly passed a motion, by a…
My wife and I recently spent a week at the Rafiki Foundation enrichment week, where I taught on the miracles of Christ and Dennis Johnson from Westminster Seminary in California taught on Hebrews. (Dennis’ teaching was tremendous, and it was…
Some thoughts on a fresh appreciation for an old truth…
Welcome back Rick! We want to hear about your journey to Africa when you’ve gone and returned. You are right, Rafiki has a wonderful ministry. Now, a few weeks ago I posted on “Consumerism and the Local Church.” Well, Martha Nussbaum,…
