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Earlier this week the BBC took me to Geneva for three days to record some interviews on Calvin (in Gaelic) which will be broadcast later this year. Along with Jessie Boydell, also from the Isle of Lewis, and currently living in Paris, we were able to visit Calvin sites and see the Museum of the...

More on Summer reading... My summer reading began with the publication of Calvin's Sermons on Genesis 1-11 (trans. Rob Roy McGregor, Banner of Truth). Preached in 1559-60 they prepresent particularly important evidence of the heart of the reformer's preaching. Stunning opening sentence (so very...

I'm very glad to see that Eerdmans is publishing a new edition of Machen's classic, Christianity and Liberalism . Carl has written a new foreword for the volume, which you can read online at WTS Books.

My sources tell me that Carl Trueman is to be ordained tomorrow (Friday) evening in the OPC. Congratulations from all at Ref21. Do we refer to you as "Rev. Carl" now?

I have the unfair advantage of a sabbatical this summer, but my summer reading so far includes: Gilead and Home by Marilynne Robinson - great contemporary novels on the life of ministry and the possibility of grace for prodigal sons. The Decline of the Secular University , by C. John Sommerville -...

After indicating her support for the nomination, commenting on Sotomayor's outstanding academic credentials and predicting that she is a "shoo-in" for the Supreme Court, Paglia makes this passing comment about her famous "wise latina" bloviation: "But Sotomayor's vainglorious lecture bromide about...

A group of evangelical students at Erskine has recently launched a website to bring the attention of the proper church authorities to some important institutional issues there. Given Carl's very legitimate concerns about websites, blogs and online semi-ecclesiastical petitions, I would want to...

Dr. John Ross has written another helpful reflection on matters relating to the recent General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, here .

James Eglinton just sent in this story . Portentous or what?

Given that the church IN Scotland is much wider and deeper than the Church OF Scotland, I found John Ross's blog very stimulating and thought-provoking. Is it time to re-draw the map? Read John's piece here .