Postcards from Palookaville

Justin Taylor helpfully links to , and comments on, a blog about N T Wright, hell, and Rob Bell. Predictably, Dr Wright has apparently blamed the Americans for being somewhat fixated on hell, a cultural argument he deployed earlier relative to the historical Adam. Two observations seem apposite:...

Justin Taylor helpfully links to , and comments on, a blog about N T Wright, hell, and Rob Bell. Predictably, Dr Wright has apparently blamed the Americans for being somewhat fixated on hell, a cultural argument he deployed earlier relative to the historical Adam. Two observations seem apposite:...

Yesterday, I preached on Judges 19. As I preached, I was aware of a stillness in the congregation that I had never known before. I have been working through Judges for nearly two years and, from the moment I started the series, I was always acutely aware that Judges 19 was coming. The gang rape of...

Yesterday, I preached on Judges 19. As I preached, I was aware of a stillness in the congregation that I had never known before. I have been working through Judges for nearly two years and, from the moment I started the series, I was always acutely aware that Judges 19 was coming. The gang rape of...

If the choice of Athanasius as a subject for a brief intellectual biography is useful, given both his context and his contribution, a second thing that commends him is chronological distance from the present day. I was asked recently for advice on how to write about someone who is still alive and...

If the choice of Athanasius as a subject for a brief intellectual biography is useful, given both his context and his contribution, a second thing that commends him is chronological distance from the present day. I was asked recently for advice on how to write about someone who is still alive and...

After a period of radio silence, Mrs Peel, formerly of The Department of Academic Avenging at WTS and 'talented amateur theologian,' dropped me a line last week, bringing my attention to the latest New Perspective on Paul and suggesting that, as I was clearly falling behind my chosen leadership...

After a period of radio silence, Mrs Peel, formerly of The Department of Academic Avenging at WTS and 'talented amateur theologian,' dropped me a line last week, bringing my attention to the latest New Perspective on Paul and suggesting that, as I was clearly falling behind my chosen leadership...

Friend Steve Burlew over at Banner of Truth has brought this this post on conferences to my attention. The points are good, well-made and welcome but I do have one small reservation: every megaconference celebrity to whom I have spoken has played a variation on the same basic theme -- the speakers...

Friend Steve Burlew over at Banner of Truth has brought this this post on conferences to my attention. The points are good, well-made and welcome but I do have one small reservation: every megaconference celebrity to whom I have spoken has played a variation on the same basic theme -- the speakers...