February 2009 Archives

I had the privilege and joy of preaching and lecturing at Grove City College on Monday and Tuesday. More about that later. One of the joys of this was being about to renew fellowship with old friends, including Dr. T.... continue

A Sketch of the Christian Catechism by William Ames, the first volume of the promising series Classic Reformed Theology, is available through Reformation Heritage here.  Todd Rester, PhD student at Calvin Theological Seminary under Richard Muller and former student of... continue

Since February 1692 the Campbell clan has borne the stigma of Glencoe and the slaughtering of the Macdonalds in the cruel snow after having entertained them the night before. I even heard Ligon refer to the incident while illustrating the... continue

In recognition of the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin, the Kairos Journal recently reminded its readers of the subtitle to the evolutionist's magnum opus, The Origin of the Species.  What is the book's subtitle?  The Preservation of Favored Races in... continue

Timothy George has a nice piece in First Things about Rick Warren and his inaugural prayer, especially the fact that he prayed in the name of Jesus.  At the close, he asks whether "Christians must hide their faith in the... continue

The Miserable Middle Aged Git Rebellion against virtual friendings, updates of the `I'm sitting at home updating my Facebook' level of stimulation, and all-round timewasting grows.  Check out the following Newsweek article just brought to my attention by Allen Mickle... continue

RAP aka Reformed Academic Press have come of age and have announced a brand new website here. Among the titles RAP publish are works by Terry Johnson, Richard Gaffin, Herman Witsius and William Beveridge.... continue

I have been doing some work on the glory of God recently and came across this quote from Augustine in The City of God.  It's lengthy, but worthwhile to ponder.  It seems that the question of where glory resides, or... continue

Channel 4, one of the UK's network TV channels, has recently been running a history of Christianity, fronted by some well-known figures. I have already blogged on the first episode, which pretty much argued that Christianity is anti-Semitic at heart.... continue

 It is a pleasure to recommend this latest book on The Lord's Supper by my friend and colleague Dr Malcolm Maclean of Scalpay Free Church. What I like about it is not only the survey of the biblical, historical... continue