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My good friend, Valdeci de Santos, a professor at the McKenzie Presbyterian Seminary in Sao Paulo, Brazil has been attending the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Brazil (IPB). He informs me that the Assembly passed a motion, by a good majority, to sever ties with the World Alliance of...

Those of you who have already read Paul Helm's critique of Kevin Vanhoozer's take on Charles Hodge in this edition, will be interested to learn that Vanhoozer has sent us a reply which we'll be posting on Monday. Helm will have the last word (a brief and cordial response) which we'll publish the...

When you boil it all down, the work of the pastor can be summed up as follows. Our endeavor is, insofar as we are able, to make those who are not united to Jesus Christ realize that they are not united to Jesus Christ. And to make those who are united to Jesus Christ realize that they are united to...

Carl Trueman is speaking at the Tyndale Fellowship Associates Annual Day Conference on September 30, 2006 in Cambridge, England. More details here . The topic is "Church and Theology Today: What is Really At Stake?" [3 sessions plus Q & A] All, except Tony 'the Gent' Pinnochio, are welcome...

I've been a subscriber to the monthly magazine, The Gramophone , for over forty years and in the latest edition (August 2006) there is an interview with the leading American baritone, Thomas Hampson. It transpires that he's an ipod geek. And what is playing currently on his ipod as he hops from one...

You may have noticed that "Print this page" tags have appeared on our site indicating just what it says: the ability to print the page without losing half the material scrolled off the page to the right, or whatever! Note that some of these tags appear at the bottom of the page and it may require...

Professor Vanhoozer's reply to Paul Helm is now up. Go here . Also, for something completely different, more on my ambivalence on hugging Sinclair Ferguson, here . Enjoy!

New Testament scholar Leon Morris died on Monday afternoon in Melbourne after hip surgery, aged 92. His funeral will be at Holy Trinity Doncaster, Melbourne, on July 31 at 10.30 am. The following is from his Wikipedia entry: " Leon Morris ( 1914 — 2006 ) was a New Testament scholar. He received his...

While on holiday a month ago, I had the privilege of sitting under the ministry of one of my favorite preachers and dearest friends, Sinclair Ferguson, now of First Presbyterian Church, Columbia, SC. His message on June 25, 2006 was on "The Day of Grace" from Joel 2:18-32, and it was vintage...

Say the word “providence” and many people would suspect that you are speaking of a catholic college in Rhode Island. Theologically speaking, it is a rusty old word that has lost its significance in the modern world, kind of like the words “humility” and “modesty”. But whether or not the word is in...