Postcards from Palookaville

The Daily Beast has picked up on the publishing sensation that is Jesus Calling , a book which Todd Pruitt actually made me read for a forthcoming MoS podcast. That is ten dollars and two hours of my life which are gone forever. Am I a better person, though? I somehow doubt it. The book is an odd...

The Daily Beast has picked up on the publishing sensation that is Jesus Calling , a book which Todd Pruitt actually made me read for a forthcoming MoS podcast. That is ten dollars and two hours of my life which are gone forever. Am I a better person, though? I somehow doubt it. The book is an odd...

I may be the only person to suffer from this, but every now and then I have this overpowering sense that I am actually Terry Eagleton trapped in the body of a hack church historian. Or at least I wish I was. Hey, if the LGBTQQC etc. community can use the language of bodily confinement relative to...

I may be the only person to suffer from this, but every now and then I have this overpowering sense that I am actually Terry Eagleton trapped in the body of a hack church historian. Or at least I wish I was. Hey, if the LGBTQQC etc. community can use the language of bodily confinement relative to...

Tying up a few loose ends at the end of the week. First, in answer to inquiries -- No, Reformation21 is not paying the Rev. Furtick to provide me with material. He is kindly donating it to me for free, for which I am very grateful. The American phrase is 'the gift that keeps on giving,' I believe...

Tying up a few loose ends at the end of the week. First, in answer to inquiries -- No, Reformation21 is not paying the Rev. Furtick to provide me with material. He is kindly donating it to me for free, for which I am very grateful. The American phrase is 'the gift that keeps on giving,' I believe...

While the evangelical world is no doubt gasping in horror at the expose that the mass baptisms at Elevation Church have been engineered (who could have seen that one coming?) in a way that would leave Charles Finney drooling at the anxious bench, it is worth remembering that us paedobaptists are in...

While the evangelical world is no doubt gasping in horror at the expose that the mass baptisms at Elevation Church have been engineered (who could have seen that one coming?) in a way that would leave Charles Finney drooling at the anxious bench, it is worth remembering that us paedobaptists are in...

Some months ago, Peter Leithart declared that it was time Protestantism came to an end . In a fine response, Fred Sanders offered a trenchant critique of the article. Then, two weeks ago, Fred contacted me to ask if I would be willing to be part of a debate on the future of Protestantism with...

Some months ago, Peter Leithart declared that it was time Protestantism came to an end . In a fine response, Fred Sanders offered a trenchant critique of the article. Then, two weeks ago, Fred contacted me to ask if I would be willing to be part of a debate on the future of Protestantism with...