May 2007 Archives

I see that it has been a little while since I have managed even a brief post.  Among the many things that occupied my attention this week were two days of board meetings at Philadelphia's Westminster Theological Seminary.  This week... continue

Here's a paper Tim Keller referenced today in his talk at the Gospel Coalition: Sinclair Ferguson's Preaching Christ from the Old Testament.... continue

A friend brought the following article to my attention.  It's from Britain's Guardian (or `Grauniad')http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,,2080361,00.htmlIt's rather reminiscent of an article in a British broadsheet a few years ago which painted David Peterson, Principal of Oak Hill, as a kind of... continue

Thanks Carl for the link to Dr Michael Liccione's response to your piece on Beckwith.  I found it most illuminating.  On the key issue of tradition and authority, Liccione's main argument is that when it comes to interpreting Scripture we must... continue

Big news out of Louisville. Russell Moore has done it again. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary this week added prominent church historian Michael A.G. Haykin to its faculty, appointing him as professor of biblical spirituality and church history.A prolific author... continue

Having spent all Saturday with a Free Church of Scotland minister watching that great opera Quadrophenia Live (won't identify this man of the cloth; suffice it to say that he's the North American FCS minister who doesn't listen to Shania Twain... continue

For those interested, there is a very thoughtful and perceptive response to my little piece on Francis Beckwith from Catholic philosopher, Dr Michael Liccione, which can be found at http://mliccione.blogspot.com/2007/05/why-beckwith-matters.html... continue

It is my pleasure to announce that the Reverend Dr. Guy Prentiss Waters will join the faculty of Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, Mississippi on June 1, 2007, as Associate Professor of New Testament. Guy is a graduate of the... continue

Martin Downes interviews our own Derek Thomas. Here and here, so far.... continue

In light of the deeply offensive emails posted by our fellow blogger, Carl Trueman, over the last week, where he made such outrageous, extreme, heretical and gratuitously poisonous claims as `You know, maybe not all women should feel they have... continue