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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,…

Rick Phillips to Ref21, requesting permission to redock… I am glad to be reentering the Ref21 cyberzone, having been in a mini self-imposed exile for awhile.  This largely consisted of my much-needed, and much-enjoyed family vacation.  Immediately on returning, however,…

Bullinger was born on this day, July 18 1504. I’ve blogged about this on the First Presbyterian Church blog. I’m wondering if Carl or Ligon have any thoughts on his influence on the European Reformation.

Was it Louis Armstrong who crooned, You must remember this A kiss is just a kiss, a sigh is just a sigh The fundamental things apply As time goes by… A kiss is just a kiss? What world are you…

Brave evangelical leaders in the PC(USA)’s Presbytery of Mississippi have produced a response to the infamous PUP (Peace, Unity and Purity) report. On this past Thursday, at a called meeting, the Presbytery of Mississippi overwhelmingy (by approximately 90 percent) passed…