“To invert a famous quip of Gore Vidal, in theology, it is not enough for heretics to fail; the church must succeed.” Last summer, I was fortunate enough to spend some weeks working at a church in Scotland, just outside…
“The most significant lesson that desert dwellers can learn . . . is to regard themselves not as exiles from some better place, but as people at home in an environment to which life can be adjusted.” When I was…
“The most significant lesson that desert dwellers can learn . . . is to regard themselves not as exiles from some better place, but as people at home in an environment to which life can be adjusted.” When I was…
Posted by Derek Thomas Some time ago, I purchased a tiny little volume by Edward Bickersteth, A Companion to the Holy Communion. This particular edition is the twelfth, published in 1888 and measures 2″ X 3″. It is a pocket-sized…
A simple, isolated statement about belief in scriptural authority is not enough on its own to distinguish Protestants from Catholics. Some months ago, Wheaton College was thrust into the limelight in circumstances which caused what can only be described as…
So how should we deal with the inescapable overload of life in the twenty-first century? Do you ever get overwhelmed by all the things you need to get done, and discouraged by all the things you probably won’t? Almost every…
So how should we deal with the inescapable overload of life in the twenty-first century? Do you ever get overwhelmed by all the things you need to get done, and discouraged by all the things you probably won’t? Almost every…
Posted by Derek Thomas So, our twisted sense of humor, as we teased Carl about famous Englishmen, somewhat backfired. To the dozens of you who sent e-mail letting us know that our famous screen personalities were not English, we knew…
Paul Helm responds to Scott Oliphint’s review of his work, John Calvin’s Ideas. Professor Scott Oliphint has recently reviewed my book John Calvin’s Ideas (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004 – a paperback reprint is due out in September 2006) and…
This book is not a study of Calvin per se, neither is it a study of Calvin’s theology. Specifically, it is a study of Calvin’s ideas by a Calvinistic philosopher; “…it is concerned with Calvin as a receiver, user, and…
