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My wife asked me a question. She was wondering why my posts, and only my posts, have this nonsense heading. I'm not sure of the answer, at least not entirely. It could have something to do with my Luddite past. I will point out, for the record, that Sean is a bigger fan of Wendell Berry than I am...

I see Phil Ryken is busy posting. I have a theory as to why, and it has to do with Lancaster County air. Phil paid us a visit this past weekend, speaking at my church's, Westminster Presbyterian Church (PCA), fortieth anniversary banquet held at Shady Maple Smorgasbord. Now we need to unpack this...

Several readers have asked for comment on Europe's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) -- the atom smasher located near Geneva at CERN (the European Centre for Nuclear Research). The new facility, which started operations earlier this month (although some recent electrical problems could lead to a two-...

Like Carl, I have a warm appreciation for Machen's Christianity and Liberalism . On a personal and biographical note, the book had a very important influence on my father's theology and discipleship when he was in college and trying to sort out his own beliefs about Scripture. I would demur, though...

I am just back from preaching at anniversary services at Melbourne Hall Evangelical Free Church in Leicester. The most famous occupant of its pulpit was its first minister, F.B. Meyer (of whom a recent biography by Bob Holman was published by Christian Focus Publications last year). Meyer led...

A new issue of Themelios is now online. Be sure not to miss Don Carson's editorial (on the relationship between the gospel and deeds of mercy) and Carl Trueman's article on The Second Most Important Book You Will Ever Read .

Tony Reinke recently completed a series of blog posts on the neglected Puritan, Thomas Manton: Review of the Complete Works of Thomas Manton Interview: Ten Reasons to Read Manton Today Beeke: Biography of Thomas Manton (1620-1677) Manton: Walking by Faith Manton: "God loves us because he loves us"

"Of all people who engage in controversy, we, who are called Calvinists, are most expressly bound by our own principles to the exercise of gentleness and moderation. If, indeed, they who differ from us have a power of changing themselves, if they can open their own eyes, and soften their own hearts...

Yes, it's official. See here . Isn't democracy wonderful. I am not sure how to interpret the results. Perhaps as a reactionary, Del-boy type feudalist: we need to return to the good old Wagnerian days; see what the generation of soul-patched, feminised twenty- and thirty-something `conversational-...

A couple of days ago, I had some time to read on a flight to Philadelphia, and so was able finally to finish Andy Crouch's new book, Culture Making: Recovering our Creative Calling . I have to admit that the pre-pub buzz around the book didn't make me very hopeful; as I've noted before , I'm a bit...