Postcards from Palookaville

With the great demographic shift to the southern hemisphere in terms of evangelical Christianity, the issue of listening to the voices of brothers and sisters from these newly significant areas is a pressing one. But I want to raise some concerns.

With the great demographic shift to the southern hemisphere in terms of evangelical Christianity, the issue of listening to the voices of brothers and sisters from these newly significant areas is a pressing one. But I want to raise some concerns.

A noteworthy book that's just come out in English translation: Regis Debray's Praised Be Our Lords: The Autobiography (Verso). Debray, a student of Althusser, a companion of Che Guevara in Bolivia, and an advisor to the Mitterand government, is an interesting character. Why should Ref21 readers...

A noteworthy book that's just come out in English translation: Regis Debray's Praised Be Our Lords: The Autobiography (Verso). Debray, a student of Althusser, a companion of Che Guevara in Bolivia, and an advisor to the Mitterand government, is an interesting character. Why should Ref21 readers...

What profit? Here's a few ideas:

What profit? Here's a few ideas:

My friend, the modest, quiet, peaceable master of understatement, Rev David Robertson, has posted an interesting article on the dire situation of ministry in modern Scotland, particularly from a Free Church of Scotland pespective. Not all will agree with every comment he makes, but it gives an...

My friend, the modest, quiet, peaceable master of understatement, Rev David Robertson, has posted an interesting article on the dire situation of ministry in modern Scotland, particularly from a Free Church of Scotland pespective. Not all will agree with every comment he makes, but it gives an...

Phil's blog got me thinking about the whole issue of women in Reformed and conservative evangelical circles in general. On the whole, I don't think the church provides the kind of environment that helps. Two examples: in Britain, certain denominations don't pay their ministers a proper living wage...

Phil's blog got me thinking about the whole issue of women in Reformed and conservative evangelical circles in general. On the whole, I don't think the church provides the kind of environment that helps. Two examples: in Britain, certain denominations don't pay their ministers a proper living wage...