Postcards from Palookaville

Three new books have crossed my desk this week, each of them worth looking at: In the tradition of William Cunningham, B. B. Warfield and Helmut Thielicke, Kelly Kapic has published A Little Book for New Theologians (IVP USA) which looks like an excellent primer to give to anybody about to start...

In anticipation of my visit to SBTS in two weeks, it seems the profs there are lining up to shoot me. First, Michael Haykin on spiritual formation. Now another friend, Denny Burk has responded in a firm but friendly way to my earlier comments on complementarianism on his own blog . My time at...

In anticipation of my visit to SBTS in two weeks, it seems the profs there are lining up to shoot me. First, Michael Haykin on spiritual formation. Now another friend, Denny Burk has responded in a firm but friendly way to my earlier comments on complementarianism on his own blog . My time at...

After my comments on complementarianism last week, some have pushed back, arguing that this is a gospel distinctive or issue. Again, let me start by asserting my own complementarianism and also my allegiance to a denomination which, as far as I know, is currently under no suspicion of going soft on...

After my comments on complementarianism last week, some have pushed back, arguing that this is a gospel distinctive or issue. Again, let me start by asserting my own complementarianism and also my allegiance to a denomination which, as far as I know, is currently under no suspicion of going soft on...

I see that Frank Turk at TeamPyro has concluded that my recent Conan the Barbarian comment was aimed at Ligon Duncan and started something of a twitter about it. Nonsense. A careful comparison of the two men indicates no similarity between the two at all Judge for yourselves: Conan: A Famous Former...

I see that Frank Turk at TeamPyro has concluded that my recent Conan the Barbarian comment was aimed at Ligon Duncan and started something of a twitter about it. Nonsense. A careful comparison of the two men indicates no similarity between the two at all Judge for yourselves: Conan: A Famous Former...

Longstanding readers of this blog, if such exist at all, may remember that I have a number of 'guilty pleasures'. Top among these would be the writings of John Henry Newman and Peter Taylor Forsyth, neither of whom would make the grade as Reformed Orthodox thinkers but both of whom are very...

Longstanding readers of this blog, if such exist at all, may remember that I have a number of 'guilty pleasures'. Top among these would be the writings of John Henry Newman and Peter Taylor Forsyth, neither of whom would make the grade as Reformed Orthodox thinkers but both of whom are very...

Given that the issue of complementarianism is raising its head over at The Gospel Coalition, it provides an opportunity to reflect on an issue that has always perplexed me: why is the complementarian/egalitarian debate such a significant bone of contention in parachurch cobelligerent organisations...