Postcards from Palookaville

Justin has a short interview with Os Guinness on his blog . Interesting stuff, though, at the risk of sending yet more `Angry of Tonbridge Wells' bloggers reaching for their keyboards, pitchforks and flaming torches, I still don't get the outrage surrounding Frank Schaeffer's book on his dad: a...

Westminster Theological Seminary (PA) is making its audio archives available for free. You just need to sign up here to access lectures, sermons and talks given by the Faculty of Westminster during its eighty year history.

Westminster Theological Seminary (PA) is making its audio archives available for free. You just need to sign up here to access lectures, sermons and talks given by the Faculty of Westminster during its eighty year history.

I was asked at a presbytery ordination interview why I was seeking ordination as a seminary professor, the OPC having a category of Teacher that recognises such a post as a church office. My initial answer -- by which I still stand -- is that it makes me theologically accountable to high standards...

I was asked at a presbytery ordination interview why I was seeking ordination as a seminary professor, the OPC having a category of Teacher that recognises such a post as a church office. My initial answer -- by which I still stand -- is that it makes me theologically accountable to high standards...

A Scottish reader sent me this link yesterday in the wake of my exchange with PR. I am sure Phil will be flattered by the comparison with Eliot; and, as a lifelong fan and admirer of Orwell's prose, politics, and prophetic pessimism, I am not worthy (and, as an aside, for Eliot to think him a...

A Scottish reader sent me this link yesterday in the wake of my exchange with PR. I am sure Phil will be flattered by the comparison with Eliot; and, as a lifelong fan and admirer of Orwell's prose, politics, and prophetic pessimism, I am not worthy (and, as an aside, for Eliot to think him a...

I am grateful to my friend, Phil, for his vigorous response to my earlier posts on the C of S. I hope this response will clarify some matters. First, I concede that the death or doctrinal collapse of the mainlines is in no one's best interest. We sectarians all shelter somewhat under their wings in...

I am grateful to my friend, Phil, for his vigorous response to my earlier posts on the C of S. I hope this response will clarify some matters. First, I concede that the death or doctrinal collapse of the mainlines is in no one's best interest. We sectarians all shelter somewhat under their wings in...

I've been asked to draw readers attention to an online petition re. the Church of Scotland. While I won't sign because of the (to me) arbitrary nature of the selection of homosexuality as the issue upon which to fight, given the history, problems and context of the C of S, the list and number of...