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Carl Trueman is right about physiology and depression, but will come to regret ordering Franky Schaeffer's book about his father, which is guilty of far more than bad taste. For those who haven't seen it, Os Guinness wrote an appropriately scathing review a few months ago in Books and Culture.

I have just come across a blog by "Jeffrey" who describes himself as having been an evangelical Christian until April 2008 until, that is. Christianity "failed the insider test." Sad as this is, his latest blog lists five books which he deems important in answering the question, "but is it true?"...

William Grimshaw of Haworth in Yorkshire, born 14 September 1708, was regarded by J C Ryle as one of the three greatest men of the eighteenth century Evangelical Revival; the other two being John Wesley and George Whitefield. Evangelical Press have just released a new book in his honor written by...

I have been benefitting this week from reading Scott Clark's Recovering the Reformed Confession . The opening chapter is very thoughtful and thought-provoking, particularly in Scott's discussion of tradition. He quotes John Murray to the effect that 'there is a catholic, protestant and a reformed...

This month's BBC Music Magazine (Dec 08) contains a fascinating piece on the "50 Greatest Carols." Over fifty choir directors from some of the prestigious cathedrals and music schools in Britain were asked to choose their top five. There are some relatively unknown carols (sung largely by cathedral...

Both insightful and devastating. http://www.robgagnon.net/NewsweekMillerHomosexResp.htm

Well, how did I miss that? Scott Clark already had an excellent post on the subject. Here . At any rate, astute ref21 readers will have already correctly put their finger on the Pope's crucial ambiguity. What does he mean when he speaks of love as integral to justification? If he means that...

Well, Joseph Alois Ratzinger (Benedict XVI) preached an interesting sermon back in November, on Paul and justification. I've had a number of inquiries about it. Here 's an English translation. Carl, I'd love to hear your assessment. In one portion, he says: "It is Christ who protects us against...

Justin Taylor tells me that in honor of John Milton's 400th birthday he has posted an interview with my father here: http://theologica.blogspot.com/2008/12/interview-with-leland-ryken-about.html . As my dad would say, please support your local Milton scholar.

"My beloved Christian brethren, my endearing believers in the Holy Spirit, we cannot remain impotent, indecisive, and mute spectators." Thus said the Governor of Maharashtra -- where Mumbai is located, scene of the recent bombings -- in an impassioned speech at Bangalore. The Governor went on to...