Pragmatism
The former British Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling (he of the white hair and black eyebrows), has written a memoir of his time at No.11 Downing Street. It’s called Back from the Brink and provides a fascinating insight into…
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Pragmatism
The former British Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling (he of the white hair and black eyebrows), has written a memoir of his time at No.11 Downing Street. It’s called Back from the Brink and provides a fascinating insight into…
An Important and Positive Lesson from the Liberals (which you might not hear elsewhere)
Readers of this column will know the various chips I have on my shoulders. At least I hope they do. I try to wear my chips with a certain amount of unapologetic panache, after all. One of them is disco…
On Being a False Teacher
his year’s Christmas season was a mixture of highs and lows. The highs: England cricketers retaining the Ashes in Australia (if you are American, you probably will not understand the remarkable nature of that statement – indeed, to offer a…
Review: Charles F. Raven, Shadow Gospel
Rowan Williams and the Anglican Communion Crisis (Latimer Trust, 2010) The Latimer Trust (www.latimertrust.org) has a long history of publishing some fine booklets on the history and theology of Reformed Anglicanism. Many of us outside the Anglican fold are grateful,…
J.I. Packer and the Evangelical Future
J.I. Packer and the Evangelical FutureEdited by: Timothy George253pBaker (October 2009) Festschrift, like schadenfreude and blitz, is reckoned to be an untranslatable German word. The OED has a go, however: a festschrift is ‘a collection of writings presented to a…
The Elder
The ElderBy Cornelis Van Dam320 p.P&R Publishing (November 2009) Dr. Cornelis Van Dam, professor of Old Testament at the Theological College of the Canadian Reformed Churches in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada has written a very helpful and informative work entitled The…
The Manliness of Adoption: Testosterone and Pure Religion
“Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.” James 1:27 (ESV) It was third grade and I was watching…
The Funeral of a Great Myth
In contrast to the popular fiction and apologetic writings of C.S. Lewis, a less familiar body of social commentary exists within the writer’s corpus. These writings give some of the clearest insight into the political, social, and philosophical environment in…
Fools Rush In Where Monkeys Fear To Tread
Some weeks ago a friend forwarded me a link to the blog of an American Christian academic. Now, at the risk of protesting too much, I must stress that I don’t read blogs – I really don’t read blogs –…