Postcards from Palookaville

Over at Christianity Today , Ruth Moon has published an article which provides a variety of Protestant -- and ex-Protestant -- reactions to the Pope's resignation. Francis Beckwith also tells me that he will be publishing a short retrospective article on Benedict as a theologian later this week. I...

Over at Christianity Today , Ruth Moon has published an article which provides a variety of Protestant -- and ex-Protestant -- reactions to the Pope's resignation. Francis Beckwith also tells me that he will be publishing a short retrospective article on Benedict as a theologian later this week. I...

Having seen this , words almost fail me -- but not quite. Perhaps the weirdest thing is that I too have found peanut eating Italian monkeys to be a great source of spiritual inspiration -- it is as if, you know, Rob and I are like totally connected at some kind of deep spiritual level and stuff!...

Having seen this , words almost fail me -- but not quite. Perhaps the weirdest thing is that I too have found peanut eating Italian monkeys to be a great source of spiritual inspiration -- it is as if, you know, Rob and I are like totally connected at some kind of deep spiritual level and stuff!...

In the first two posts of this series, I argued that confessions are useful for the way in which they facilitate a disciplined church life: office bearers are bound to uphold confessional teaching; and their power is thus delimited by their subscription, something maintained by transparent...

In the first two posts of this series, I argued that confessions are useful for the way in which they facilitate a disciplined church life: office bearers are bound to uphold confessional teaching; and their power is thus delimited by their subscription, something maintained by transparent...

The Christian world is today in shock with the sudden announcement that Derek Thomas will not be resigning as leader of the world's 26 readers of Ref21, despite his advanced age. Thomas has not been seen on a public ezine for months, leading to rumours and speculation about his health, given recent...

The Christian world is today in shock with the sudden announcement that Derek Thomas will not be resigning as leader of the world's 26 readers of Ref21, despite his advanced age. Thomas has not been seen on a public ezine for months, leading to rumours and speculation about his health, given recent...

A British academic has attacked distinguished wildllife broadcaster , Sir David Attenborough, for not featuring enough gay animals in his documentaries. No, this is not a tribute to the dead Trotter but a true story . Now don't forget: it is the church, not the wider culture, that has this single-...

A British academic has attacked distinguished wildllife broadcaster , Sir David Attenborough, for not featuring enough gay animals in his documentaries. No, this is not a tribute to the dead Trotter but a true story . Now don't forget: it is the church, not the wider culture, that has this single-...