The Nameless One
Over the last few months, I have been asked in numerous contexts what I think about the young, restless and reformed (YRR) movement(s) described in Collin Hansen’s book of the same name. I did do a quasi -review of this…
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Packing Unforgiveness
I’ve been thinking recently about something television star Kelsey Grammer said. It’s not because I saw a rerun of Cheers. Unfortunately, the context is tragic. Grammer has me thinking about well intentioned people who end up “packing unforgiveness.” Where deep…
Messiahs Pointing to the Door
There are many differences between American and British culture. Most obvious, perhaps, are the sports: baseball versus cricket; and football (where feet are rarely used) versus football (where feet, and the occasional head, are all that can be used); and…
Messiahs Pointing to the Door
There are many differences between American and British culture. Most obvious, perhaps, are the sports: baseball versus cricket; and football (where feet are rarely used) versus football (where feet, and the occasional head, are all that can be used); and…
Iain D Campbell on John MacLeod
I’m sure he’d be too modest to promote his own stuff, so here’s a link to Iain D. Campbell’s review of John MacLeod’s excellent book on the religious history of the Isle of Lewis, from whence the present Mrs. T…
Iain D Campbell on John MacLeod
I’m sure he’d be too modest to promote his own stuff, so here’s a link to Iain D. Campbell’s review of John MacLeod’s excellent book on the religious history of the Isle of Lewis, from whence the present Mrs. T…
Calvin: A Guide for the Perplexed
Calvin: A Guide for the PerplexedBy Paul HelmT & T Clark (October 2008)175 p. Are you perplexed by Calvin, dear reader? Do you find yourself wondering what all the fuss is about, yet you can’t be bothered to read the…
Surveying the Wondrous Cross: The Atonement in Church History
As we come to the third and final segment in this series on the atonement, it would be good to remind ourselves where we have been. In this way we will have some idea of where we are going and…
Calvinistic Methodism and Rock ‘n’ Roll
Americans occasionally pass through London, and as there is a famine of Presbyterian churches in the Big smoke, they often find their way to our congregation whilst travelling round Scotland, England and France in 3 days!! After the service I’m…
The Digitization of Sinaiticus and its Media Beepbop
According to the online Urban Dictionary, the word ‘beepbop’ is not really a word at all: it is a nonsense word to be used only when you want to really annoy someone. In that case, the British Broadcasting Corporation, otherwise…