Blogs by Derek Thomas

Iain Murray, writes in the August-September issue of The Banner of Truth magazine, a commemorative edition marking the anniversary of the death of John Newton in 1807, on Newton's pastoral skills:"'Have you no friend in Cornwall or the north of Scotland you... continue

Yesterday, I drew attention to the essay on James Buchanan by Carl Trueman in a recently published volume by P & R (The Faith Once Delivered). This morning, in our regular Friday staff meeting (when I'm asked by Ligon Duncan,... continue

The Faith Once Delivered Ed. Anthony T. Selvaggio, Essays in Honor of Dr. Wayne R. Spear (P&R, 2007).What a delightful read this book is proving to be. A collection of essays on the theology of the Westminster Confession written... continue

The British public are apparently "at ease" with the idea of producing animal-human hybrid embryos in order to further stem cell research. A government watchdog committee gave approval for it yesterday. For an in-depth analysis of what's at issue in this process from... continue

Carl, the actor you have never heard of (right!), is Christian Bale (of Batman Begins fame) -- who,as I'm sure you know, is WELSH!  Born in Pembrokeshire! ... continue

Stephen Nichols has just published this very fine book, For Us and Our Salvation (crossway, 2007) which explores the Doctrine of Christ in the Early Church. Nichols' characteristic style is much in evidence (clear, comprehensive, informative, unashamedly polemic) as in... continue

The seminary Fall semester has started again. Where did the summer go?  And straight off the bat, I'm teaching Systematics 1, suggesting that Berkhoff is a must-purchase volume (better as a dictionary than a straight read and analysis), Hodge is,... continue

I've revisited the Dark Ages: the time before the internet! All promises for my trip to Belfast that I'd be able to access this site (or my email) proved futile. The reasons are too complicated to explain, but the result was a... continue

Two new publications caught my eye this week, and there could hardly be a greater contrast. One comes from Ireland in the seventeenth century: The Body of Divinity: Being the Sum and Substance of the Christian Religion by Archbishop James... continue

Trotter, Del is in New York at a Wagnerfest. Brünnhilde has angered Wotan and sided with Siegmund and Sieglinde and has been cast into a magical sleep... Well, I won't go into the details. Let's say, it's all in German.As... continue