March 2010 Archives

Want to hear Kevin Vanhoozer explain his new book, "Remythologizing Theology"? Check out this interview with Guy Davies here.... continue

Laughter is generally a social phenomenon; usually, it is very difficult to laugh at, say, a comedy program if nobody else in the room is so doing. It is also even more difficult to do, for some reason, when reading... continue

Todd Pruitt just brought this to my attention.  The list fails to mention two other tell tale signs -- suspects will also cast no reflection in the mirror, and exhibit a strange preference for the earlier, Shatner-dominated series of Star... continue

Discouraged in ministry by the likes of Trotter et al?  I have been trying to keep Del Boy from responding too his errant younger brother but I fear his ire will explode soon. In the mean time, you should avail... continue

It is something a record when Westminster Bookstore informs me that Dr Tim Witmer's new book on Shepherding has sold out in 2 days and that the publishers (P & R) are already on a second printing (due next week,... continue

I have just received a copy of Phil Ryken's new (almost) book, Discovering God in Stories from the Bible (P & R) in which he examines the attributes of God from the stories of Moses, Saul, David and Job and others.... continue

I will ignore that upstart Smith's semigerontophobic rant, which merely reinforces the hegemonic dominance of youth, and his stating of the obvious (Of course, I want to define the universe!  There's nobody else I would trust to do it, nobody... continue

Yale University Press has just released Jonathan Edwards's "Sinners in Hands of an Angry God":  A Casebook, edited by Wilson Kimnach, Caleb Maskell, and Ken Minkema.  The book has a great introduction, the text of the sermon, and selections from a... continue

To contextualise Jeremy's comments for miserable middle aged men like Trueman for whom New Kids on the Block and the Spice Girls are completely unknown quantities, `It's a bit like when Pink Floyd got back together in 2005. Tense but... continue

As William Willimon puts it in his superb book, Proclamation and Theology, page 72:`I believe the roots of clerical sloth are theological rather than primarily psychological.  We become lazy and slovenly in our work because we have lost the theological... continue