The New Atheism
Phil: You may be interested in the latest cover story for Wired News, which is on The New Atheism, featuring Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and Daniel Dennett.
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New ref21 edition launching shortly
Within a few hours, we’ll be launching a new edition of reformation21 focusing on the contributions of Francis Schaeffer. Jerram Barrs and Mark Ryan provide insightful summaries of Schaeffer’s life and ministry. And Carl Trueman reflects on the anti-historical bias of the…
Atheism on the Charts
Writing for Reuters, Michael Conlon reports that a “fresh wave of atheistic books has hit the market this autumn, some climbing onto best-seller lists in what proponents see as a backlash against the way religion is entwined in politics.” Among…
Standing Firm in Christ
I just received Rick Phillips’s new exposition of Hebrews — a handsome volume in the Reformed Expository Commentary series that I am helping to edit. This is a substantial work and I am grateful to see it in print, not least…
Window on the Past The Council of Nicea Ph.D Student at Westminster Theological Seminary, and Pastor of Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church, Nashville, TN
Books, they say, are a preacher’s whiskey. Like many students of theology and Church History, my study walls are encrusted with volume after volume beckoning me to, as C.S. Lewis once said in his essay, On the Reading of Old…
The Latest Scandal in Washington
Up until a few weeks ago, Congressman Mark Foley served as the United States Representative from the 16th District of Florida. In what is now a painful irony, Representative Foley formerly served as co-chair of the House Caucus on Missing…
The Latest Scandal in Washington
Up until a few weeks ago, Congressman Mark Foley served as the United States Representative from the 16th District of Florida. In what is now a painful irony, Representative Foley formerly served as co-chair of the House Caucus on Missing…
Naustalgia
As a historian who is paid to look at the past, I find myself frequently indulging in rants about how we live in an anti-historical age, where history is not taken seriously. Typically, of course, I am referring to those…
A Mind For God
When I stop to reflect on the beloved doctrines of the reformed and evangelical faith, I always find the doctrine of the Lordship of Christ among the most precious. Why? Simply put, it is the source of our salvation and the…
The Way That Leads There: Augustinian Reflections on the Christian Life
When Gilbert Meilaender writes a book, I press “pre-order” at Amazon. Not because I agree with everything he writes, but because he, as an astute theologian and ethicist, is consistently insightful about the nature of what he calls “the perennial…