Postcards from Palookaville

A number of Puritan-related titles have been published recently. Top of the list (and previously flagged by Gabe) is A Puritan Theology by Joel R. Beeke and Mark Jones. A cross between a Puritan book of sentences (somewhat analogous to Heppe's Reformed Dogmatics and Schmid's Doctrinal Theology of...

The recent events surrounding Dinesh D'Souza are surely a clarion call for all of us to examine ourselves: let him who thinks he stands, etc. etc. Yet, while the questions hanging over the matter regarding his marriage are worrying, I confess that I find equally disturbing the idea that there are...

The recent events surrounding Dinesh D'Souza are surely a clarion call for all of us to examine ourselves: let him who thinks he stands, etc. etc. Yet, while the questions hanging over the matter regarding his marriage are worrying, I confess that I find equally disturbing the idea that there are...

The adjective 'confessional' has undergone something of a renaissance over recent years with the advent of the concept of the 'confessional evangelical' gaining some popularity. This particular conjunction of terms seems to approximate to the meaning of 'conservative evangelical' of previous...

The adjective 'confessional' has undergone something of a renaissance over recent years with the advent of the concept of the 'confessional evangelical' gaining some popularity. This particular conjunction of terms seems to approximate to the meaning of 'conservative evangelical' of previous...

I see that Logos have set up a P T Forsyth collection. It is subject to 'community pricing' here . As a one-finger typist of limited 'online community' sociability, I do not have the foggiest idea what 'community' or 'pricing' means in that context but it sounds impressive. Many of the books are,...

I see that Logos have set up a P T Forsyth collection. It is subject to 'community pricing' here . As a one-finger typist of limited 'online community' sociability, I do not have the foggiest idea what 'community' or 'pricing' means in that context but it sounds impressive. Many of the books are,...

Looking back on the creepy cults of the 70s and the self-indulgent excesses of the televangelists of the 80s can be a little like watching an episode of some ghastly 'reality TV show': as the freaks and frauds parade on the television screen, that subtle sentiment of "I thank thee Lord that I am...

Looking back on the creepy cults of the 70s and the self-indulgent excesses of the televangelists of the 80s can be a little like watching an episode of some ghastly 'reality TV show': as the freaks and frauds parade on the television screen, that subtle sentiment of "I thank thee Lord that I am...

I have been persuaded today by concerned parties to enter the lists on the issue of how Luther has been co-opted for the cause of a kind of neo-antinomianism/Sonship theology by some figures in the YRR movement who are using his idioms of law/gospel dialectic and theology of the cross for their own...