January 2009 Archives

This is the title of Molly Worthen's article on Seattle's Mark Driscoll in last Sunday's New York Times Magazine.  It was hard to tell what Ms. Worthen disliked more: Driscoll's masculinity or Driscoll's Calvinism.  To her credit, though, Worthen played... continue

I see from the endorsements on Michael Haykin's new book on Christian lovers that a whole bunch of hardline macho fundamentalists have suddenly put down their .45s and machetes and got in touch with their feminine sides at last.  What... continue

I've just been reading Frank Schaeffer's memoir, Crazy for God: How I Grew Up as one of the Elect, Helped Found the Religious Right, and Lived to Take All (or Almost All) of it Back (Carrol and Graf, 2007).  ... continue

The Calvin blog resumes on Monday with Sinclair Ferguson's comments on the opening five chapters of Book I.... continue

Last week, after ten or so years of wanting one, I finally bought a Bose Wave Music System. When I got it out of the box and tested it with various CDs, I have to admit that it just felt,... continue

Call in for Derek Thomas' webcast on Calvin, the Institutes and the ref21 "Blogging the Institutes" plan. You're invited to join the conversation. Simply call today  to 1.888.660.9535 (between 1-2:00pm EST). More information: here.... continue

Phil is out of the country and asked me to post this:   Tenth Presbyterian Church is hosting its 4th annual Workshop on Biblical Exposition, February 4 to 6, on the theme of Apocalyptic Literature.    The workshop is sponsored... continue

The economy is apparently hitting the Playboy pornographic empire, at least according to an article in December in Business Week.   The magazine which was famously described as being good for women, providing that women knew what they were good... continue

Over at Christianity Today, Collin Hansen has compiled his list of the "Top Ten Theological Stories of 2008." It includes the phenomenal success of the poorly written and theologically confused, The Shack, The Year of the Study Bible, and the... continue

Just a reminder, the Calvin blog begins MONDAY. And, while we're on Calvin, the Calvin 500 folks tell me that booking is now open for the Conference section here.... continue