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Know When to Hold’em

As any poker player knows (and I am not a poker player–I tend to steer clear of competitions where the victor takes home a bracelet), the hand is over when all the cards have been dealt, all the bets have been…

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The Theology of John Calvin

The Theology of John CalvinBy Charles Partee376 p.Westminster John Knox (October 2008) If all’s well that ends well, then all is well with this new study of Calvin’s theology.  Which is to say, I find myself in agreement  with much…

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The Day They Tried to Recruit Me

The day they tried to recruit me to the most dangerous cult in the world! I arrived on Faculty at Westminster in the summer of 2001.  I had only been on campus for a couple of months before a group…

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Another St John?

Well, he finally made it.  Word from Rome is that John Henry Newman is to be canonised.  You can read the story here: I love Newman’s writings — he was perhaps the greatest prose stylist of the Victorian era;…

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Another St John?

Well, he finally made it.  Word from Rome is that John Henry Newman is to be canonised.  You can read the story here: I love Newman’s writings — he was perhaps the greatest prose stylist of the Victorian era;…

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The Religious Divide

This week’s prize for the cultural equivalent of identifying the Pope’s religious affiliation and revealing the sanitary habits of grizzly bears goes to….. The Times (that’s The Times of London to those who come from a country that routinely identifies…

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The Religious Divide

This week’s prize for the cultural equivalent of identifying the Pope’s religious affiliation and revealing the sanitary habits of grizzly bears goes to….. The Times (that’s The Times of London to those who come from a country that routinely identifies…