Postcards from Palookaville

When students ask me what they need to do to become good church historians, I always answer -- Read history, any history, as long as it is well-written. So here are five recommendations of new books in 2012 which some might want to think about asking for as presents: Best Sunday afternoon read in...

.... and when it comes, it apparently brings great irony. The shadowy figure known to the Reformed Underground simply as 'The Librarian' has brought to my attention the fact that the email advertising this year's Banner of Truth's "Christmas specials" includes the biography of that great fan of all...

.... and when it comes, it apparently brings great irony. The shadowy figure known to the Reformed Underground simply as 'The Librarian' has brought to my attention the fact that the email advertising this year's Banner of Truth's "Christmas specials" includes the biography of that great fan of all...

In the OPC journal Ordained Servant, OPC minister Greg Reynolds has a very thought-provoking article on the importance of actual, physical presence in ministry and beyond which you can find here . In the meantime I am recovering from the twin trauma of seeing Rick Phillips in the mandatory PCA...

In the OPC journal Ordained Servant, OPC minister Greg Reynolds has a very thought-provoking article on the importance of actual, physical presence in ministry and beyond which you can find here . In the meantime I am recovering from the twin trauma of seeing Rick Phillips in the mandatory PCA...

Since the Beautiful People managed to get Rodney Trotter fired last year (if anyone has seen him, let me know -- his mother is very worried), it now falls to me to be the pessimistic prophetic voice of the Average-to-Ugly People. I just came across this article: a salutary sartorial warning to all...

Since the Beautiful People managed to get Rodney Trotter fired last year (if anyone has seen him, let me know -- his mother is very worried), it now falls to me to be the pessimistic prophetic voice of the Average-to-Ugly People. I just came across this article: a salutary sartorial warning to all...

As a small footnote to Jeremy's post, it should also be noted that Trevin Wax's claim regarding the Reformers is rather overstated: Though the Reformers sought to emphasize the assurance we can have because of God's grace in election and salvation, their descendants sometimes undercut the beauty of...

As a small footnote to Jeremy's post, it should also be noted that Trevin Wax's claim regarding the Reformers is rather overstated: Though the Reformers sought to emphasize the assurance we can have because of God's grace in election and salvation, their descendants sometimes undercut the beauty of...

Are you tired of all those Christian marriage, family and parenting guides which have chapters with titles like 'My Teenage Son Stubbed his Toe! Wisdom from a Christian Parent's Testimony' and which contain criminally bad writing such as 'Billy and Sarah sat on the sofa. Though they were only...