Postcards from Palookaville

As the news breaks that Bradley Manning has decided that he is really a woman, a couple of questions come immediately to my mind. They may appear facetious but they are deadly serious. If I decide I am a woman but remain married to my wife, does that make me a lesbian? And if you answer 'no' to the...

As the news breaks that Bradley Manning has decided that he is really a woman, a couple of questions come immediately to my mind. They may appear facetious but they are deadly serious. If I decide I am a woman but remain married to my wife, does that make me a lesbian? And if you answer 'no' to the...

One of the greatest delights I have received in recent years was an invitation to contribute to Geoff Thomas's Festschrift. Geoff has variously referred to me over the years as 'a complete idiot,' 'that utter disaster' and 'a typically arrogant Englishman.' Coming from Geoff, such brickbats are...

One of the greatest delights I have received in recent years was an invitation to contribute to Geoff Thomas's Festschrift. Geoff has variously referred to me over the years as 'a complete idiot,' 'that utter disaster' and 'a typically arrogant Englishman.' Coming from Geoff, such brickbats are...

The responses to my post on transformation have been fast and on occasion furious. There is not time to deal with each and every one, so I respond in the form of a clarification and then a quasi-challenge. First, a clarification: I have no problem with the term 'worldview'. I do have a problem with...

The responses to my post on transformation have been fast and on occasion furious. There is not time to deal with each and every one, so I respond in the form of a clarification and then a quasi-challenge. First, a clarification: I have no problem with the term 'worldview'. I do have a problem with...

Even by our exacting standards, it has been a vintage few weeks for complaints about ref21 and I have found myself to be named Public Enemy No. 1 by numerous groups, from transformationalists (who think my theology wrong because it is not the same as that of Tim Keller) to American Vision (who...

Even by our exacting standards, it has been a vintage few weeks for complaints about ref21 and I have found myself to be named Public Enemy No. 1 by numerous groups, from transformationalists (who think my theology wrong because it is not the same as that of Tim Keller) to American Vision (who...

A friend sent me this link to an article on a 'polyamorous' relationship between four people. It raises a host of interesting question. First is the obvious one: how far has society moved that this sort of relationship can be presented in the mainstream media as perhaps a little odd and risque but...

A friend sent me this link to an article on a 'polyamorous' relationship between four people. It raises a host of interesting question. First is the obvious one: how far has society moved that this sort of relationship can be presented in the mainstream media as perhaps a little odd and risque but...