October 2008 Archives

Steve, we share a common disinterest in sports!  Sadly, I knew all about the Phillies since my wife is a baseball obsessive! She has said to me several times already "there's no more baseball now until Spring Training in March." ... continue

Happy Reformation Day everybody.  If Chile can celebrate it than we certainly should too.   Here are two quotes to think about as you remember October 31, 1517.  The first is from Luther, the second comes from the Lutheran hymnal/service... continue

Owen Strachan links to video and audio of Phil Ryken's recent talk, "The Suffering and the Glory: Pastoral Ministry in Union with Christ," as well as an interview with Phil. Owen writes:<blockquote>Pastors and seminarians in particular will benefit from Ryken's... continue

Three wise brothers--CJ Mahaney, Joshua Harris, and Jeff Purswell--have given another podcast for pastors, entitled The Pastor and His Time.If you click the link above you can see the previous podcasts:The Pastor and His ReadingThe Pastor and His Soul The... continue

For those of you who don't want to try to sort out Steve Nichols' blogging goobledygook issues, you can listen to some online radio interviews on the magesterial reformers instead. Here. "Profiles of the Reformation Interview, Parts 1, 2, 3" are... continue

My heading is back!  The Microsoft nonsense lives again.  And this after the technocrats promised it was fixed.For those of you keeping score:Technocrats = 0Luddites = 1... continue

So, what's up with this? Does anybody from Chile or South America want to clue us in on why this happened? Is there a burgeoning Protestant community behind this? HT: Derek Thomas... continue

Disclaimer: I'm not into sports. I first learned the Phillies were even in the World Series on Sunday. No kidding. Nevertheless . . . Just thought I'd send a friendly note out to all of those fans of other (loser)... continue

My old friend and UCCF colleague from Themelios days, Dr. Mike Reeves, has an interview with John Piper on justification over at Theology Network.  You can find it here.  ... continue

Birlinn has just published John Macleod's spiritual history of Lewis and Harris, entitled Banner in the West. It traces that history from the earliest days of Celtic Christianity to the present 'Bebo generation' (to use the title of the final... continue