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The 500th anniversary of Calvin's birth has already produced some excellent material on Calvin (about which I've been blogging over at Creideamh ). However, perhaps one of the most useful has been published by Christian Focus in the Trailblazers series, in which Catherine Mackenzie has added to her...

I just received my copy of John Piper's new book Finally Alive: What Happens When We Are Born Again? One of Piper's reasons for making the biblical case for born-again Christianity is to guard the term against its misuse in popular culture, especially in the sociological research of The Barna Group...

Did I say that Christians trying to be trendy and do things like the U2charist was cringeworthy? Well, as Mrs Emma Peel has just pointed out, the U2charist website helpfully explains how to pronounce Bono (Baw-no, apparently, for those who were wondering). How helpful. I rest my case and am now off...

A student sent this link to me, for a so-called U2charist at a local church, where the purpose is to spread the gospel/U2 vision for reconciliation and peace. It reminded me very much of the much-missed earthwindandfirecharists of the late 70s, where the agenda was to bring the message to a hurting...

You may be encouraged by this CMDA interview with Andrew Jamison , who was on US Airways flight 1549 that crash landed in the Hudson River in NY last month, and his wife Jennifer. They give a strong Christian witness. Andrew and Jennifer are both 4th year medical students at the Medical University...

Today, I had the privilege of teaching one of my seminars with a small group of students. The topic: New Perspective on Paul. No, it isn't an obsession. It just "happened" that this was the topic for today. Next door, through very thin walls, the resonant voice of Ligon Duncan could be heard...

Writing for National Review Online , Jay Nordlinger recounts a broadcast from Middle East Media Research Institute in which a Muslim cleric from Egypt defends no fault divorce. What interests me is the last line, which gives Christians more credit than we seem to deserve. The cleric says:

Mrs. Emma Peel, formerly of Academic Affairs at W.T.S. (whose work there with Dr. T, incidentally, has now become a cult British T.V. series ) brought my attention to the following story from the B.B.C. on the detrimental effect of Facebook. What can we say? Once again, Ref21 breaks a story and...

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. David Gordon. He shared a wonderful insight with me on the doctrine of the...

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 mine, offers a fresh...