Blogs by Rodney Trotter

Nein!   I disagree with the connection Phil makes between hymn singing (which he sets in qualified opposition on this point to psalmody) and Trinitarianism. Those poor psalm singers – not only are they being blame for the division between Scottish confessional... continue

As Sherlock Holmes said somewhere, the clue to the case was the dog that did not bark.  Should we interpret the silence on Carl Trueman's (or, to avoid causing sexist offence or falling prey to enlightenment foundationalism in these relativist... continue

Martin Downes, the great Welsh ecumenist, brought this article in The Times to my attention.  As Tipton and Oliphint exclude Trueman from the congregation of the faithful, so the Pope now excludes everyone outside his own communion:http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article2056515.eceLooks like this Pope... continue

I see that K Scott Oliphint and Lane G Tipton have published a new book, Revelation and Reason: New Essays in Reformed APologetics (P and R).   It seems that every member of Westminster's Theological Field was invited to contribute, with... continue

Well, I'm truly humbled and now find myself, as the obviously more talented and better looking half of the duo, in the dilemma described by Lawrence of Arabia in Seven Pillars of Wisdom: `There was a craving to be famous; and... continue

Returning to the blog after a few weeks absence, I notice two things:1. Ligon really needs to stop posting R rated pictures on the page.  That one of Shrek in a lady's wig is really too bad and likely to... continue

A concerned reader from London has raised the issue of whether Hollywood celebrities have been muscling in on PCA debates about the federal vision, and offers the following photographic evidence that former Hollywood wild boy Rob Lowe and upstanding Dabney scholar... continue

Trueman wasn't actually at the assembly; I was standing in for him.   And I too had a horrific return journey -- plane cancelled at Charlotte at 11.15 pm, followed by a 600 mile through-the-night car journey with a former Clinton... continue

Rumour has it that Dr and Mrs Delboy were seen by a certain Chinese American church historian  heading down to Beale Street in Memphis last night to catch the blues from some of the local cats.  Seems Steve N has had... continue

I'll be in Memphis on Wednesday, too, but leaving that night.  I'll no doubt play a game I invented with an RPCNA friend a few years ago while waiting for a couple of PCA pals in the lobby of the... continue