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Hardly a day goes by that someone doesn't ask for suggestions on how to make an appropriate cake to celebrate Calvin's birthday. Finally, we have the answer: http://bryanlopez.com/2009/01/19/does-this-make-me-a-hyper-calvinist/ HT: Z

This is the title of Molly Worthen's article on Seattle's Mark Driscoll in last Sunday's New York Times Magazine . It was hard to tell what Ms. Worthen disliked more: Driscoll's masculinity or Driscoll's Calvinism. To her credit, though, Worthen played the piece straight up and largely managed to...

I see from the endorsements on Michael Haykin's new book on Christian lovers that a whole bunch of hardline macho fundamentalists have suddenly put down their .45s and machetes and got in touch with their feminine sides at last. What next? Russell Moore setting up a home for puppies with injured...

I've just been reading Frank Schaeffer's memoir, Crazy for God: How I Grew Up as one of the Elect, Helped Found the Religious Right, and Lived to Take All (or Almost All) of it Back (Carrol and Graf, 2007). Notwithstanding the fact that I appeared after the Schaeffer/L'Abri generation, Francis...

The Calvin blog resumes on Monday with Sinclair Ferguson's comments on the opening five chapters of Book I.

Last week, after ten or so years of wanting one, I finally bought a Bose Wave Music System . When I got it out of the box and tested it with various CDs, I have to admit that it just felt, well, wrong to play Springsteen or U2 on it. So, for the past week or so (this ought to warm Derek's heart), I...

Call in for Derek Thomas' webcast on Calvin, the Institutes and the ref21 "Blogging the Institutes" plan. You're invited to join the conversation. Simply call today to 1.888.660.9535 (between 1-2:00pm EST). More information: here .

Over at Christianity Today, Collin Hansen has compiled his list of the " Top Ten Theological Stories of 2008 ." It includes the phenomenal success of the poorly written and theologically confused, The Shack , The Year of the Study Bible, and the departure of Pete Enns from Westminster Seminary...

Just a reminder, the Calvin blog begins MONDAY. And, while we're on Calvin, the Calvin 500 folks tell me that booking is now open for the Conference section here .