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An Anglical priest has, according to The Times "decoded" Charles Wesley's 1,000 page diary written in code and kept at the John Rylands Library in Manchester, England. Among the "secrets" revealed is a turbulant relationship between Charles and his brother John, going to some length to wreck his...

I see that my pal, Steve Burlew, at Banner of Truth, has arranged for the publication of a rare Baxter volume entitled Anger Management , a series of lectures given at the Puritan Management and Leadership Expo in the astrodome at Accrington Stanley in 1656. You can buy it here . Future titles in...

Andy Naselli has posted a number of new videos from The Gospel Coalition, featuring interviews with Don Carson, Mark Dever, Tim Keller, Phil Ryken, and CJ Mahaney.

The latest 9Marks edition is up (also available in PDF ). Here's the table of contents: FAMILY & PARENTING Wanted: Kingdom Families Embedded Portraits: A Theological Vision for Families Part 1: Why Families Matter to God Part 2: How Families Minister to th e Church and the World Part 3: Raising...

I noticed that over on his blog Sean Lucas refers to fulfilling his lifelong dream of seeing the Boss in concert. The week before Springsteen made his way through St. Louis' arches, he was in Hershey, PA, a mere hour's drive away and yet I missed it. Alas I, unlike my buddy Sean, have unfulfilled...

When we pin all of our hope as well as our despair on the presidency of the United States, we've not only committed idolatry, we're also guilty of sloth, and we also (sometimes) sound mean. I'm not suggesting that we not be engaged, that we not ferret out where candidates stand on issues that...

Couldn't resist posting this light hearted cameo of things to come when the Olympics comes to East London in 2012, the home of ping-pong. Here . Carl, wipe that tear from eye!

Today I'm back to work with a full two days of faculty workshop, followed by classes starting next week. Summer's over, in other words. It's a good time to reflect on what got done, what got left undone, and what got done that wasn't expected. Into this latter category, I would have to say what...

I just saw on the internet that Shawn Johnson, the American female gymnist, finally won her gold medal, on the balance beam. For me, the highlight of the Olympics was not Michael Phelps, great as that was. I thought the highlight was the beautiful graciousness of Shawn Johnson in her second place...

I've just been reading Collin Hansen's Young, Restless, Reformed: A Journalist's Journey with the New Calvinists . It's a fascinating exploration of the growing influence of names with which we are familiar: John Piper, Mark Dever, Al Mohler. I don't get Christianity Today , but I gather that this...