Postcards from Palookaville

Logos Software have just released a 24 volume set of the works of Peter Taylor Forsyth . I number him, along with John Henry Newman, among my guilty theological pleasures: I profoundly disagree with many things he believed but find him a brilliant writer, a stimulating thinker, and often spot on in...

Logos Software have just released a 24 volume set of the works of Peter Taylor Forsyth . I number him, along with John Henry Newman, among my guilty theological pleasures: I profoundly disagree with many things he believed but find him a brilliant writer, a stimulating thinker, and often spot on in...

This story came to my attention this morning. A person on trial for a series of killings is using a unique defense: s/he has had a sex change, is now a woman and so, as Donna, cannot be held responsible for crimes that s/he committed when s/he was Douglas. Words fail me somewhat, but I wonder if...

This story came to my attention this morning. A person on trial for a series of killings is using a unique defense: s/he has had a sex change, is now a woman and so, as Donna, cannot be held responsible for crimes that s/he committed when s/he was Douglas. Words fail me somewhat, but I wonder if...

Dave Moore, whose interview with William F. Buckley Jnr is well worth a look, has a characteristically trenchant but winsome article about omerta over at Two Cities . A taster: "I have been around many leaders. Some I've worked with, some I've interviewed, and some are friends. All are human, yet...

Dave Moore, whose interview with William F. Buckley Jnr is well worth a look, has a characteristically trenchant but winsome article about omerta over at Two Cities . A taster: "I have been around many leaders. Some I've worked with, some I've interviewed, and some are friends. All are human, yet...

In the second post in Ref21's brief series which Todd started yesterday with ' What Is Not Happening ,' I want to focus on the last qualification for eldership, 1Tim. 3:7, 'Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders....' At first glance, that is an odd qualification for Paul to include in...

In the second post in Ref21's brief series which Todd started yesterday with ' What Is Not Happening ,' I want to focus on the last qualification for eldership, 1Tim. 3:7, 'Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders....' At first glance, that is an odd qualification for Paul to include in...

This week's MoS is now available, where the team interview the lovely Barb Duguid. As usual, we ask the questions nobody else dares to touch, such as 'Is Iain's preaching any good?' In the meantime, the addition of La Byrd to the team has indeed started to change the dynamics. Here is a recent snap...

This week's MoS is now available, where the team interview the lovely Barb Duguid. As usual, we ask the questions nobody else dares to touch, such as 'Is Iain's preaching any good?' In the meantime, the addition of La Byrd to the team has indeed started to change the dynamics. Here is a recent snap...