April 2008 Archives

We recently had our communion services here in Back. We follow the old Highland pattern of having special services from Thursday through to Monday, morning and evening, in both Gaelic and English. The advantage is that it becomes a high... continue

You can listen to all of the talks for free online.... continue

Roger Overton interviews David Wells (part 1, part 2) about his new book, The Courage to Be Protestant.... continue

Welcome Iain! Glad you were able to sign in. T4G is over and perhaps we'll now be able to "resume normal service" again. I feel the "luv" already in the Trueman comment about Lewis. We'll be praying for you in... continue

I've been trying to log on to this blog for the past week, and I've kept getting nowhere. But the perseverance of the saints is a grand doctrine, so here I am. I see y'all started without me. Now that... continue

Everyone, and I mean everyone (except me and Trueman) are swaning it at T4G. Some of us have to work. But Steve Nichols has yet to sign in to this blog. Now I see why. Apart from the fact that... continue

A few weeks ago, I got Carl Trueman's new collection of essays, Minority Report, which is (as with most of what he does) engaging, insightful, and frequently brilliant. One note that clearly is sounded throughout the collection, which deserves some... continue

I love watching the American media machine in action.  The PR blitz that surrounds the Pope's visit is a case in point, one which reminds of the similar avalanche of tosh which came after the death of John Paul II. ... continue

Krister Stendahl, former dean of the Harvard Divinity School, died yesterday at 86. He is best known in some circles as the author of the lecture, "The Apostle Paul and the Introspective Conscience of the West," the English translation of... continue

Iain D. Campbell, one of our new bloggers (who has yet to be able to sign in!  be patient with us), has posted a review of Andrew McGwan's book referred to below (the review by John R de Wit) on... continue