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Scott Clark asks (and answers) the question, Why Are (Some) Reformed People Such Jerks?

If any of you guys are up for it, I'd be interested in your take on voting for a Mormon for president. Here's how Jacob Weisburg makes his case in Slate : I wouldn't vote for someone who truly believed in the founding whoppers of Mormonism. The LDS church holds that Joseph Smith, directed by the...

OK, so no one blogged on "Christmas Books" so let me add a few of my own before changing the blog "theme"...

At Philadelphia's Tenth Presbyterian Church we end the old year and begin the new oneby celebrating the sacrament of the Lord's Supper. Our worship service traditionally closes with the singing of "Jesus! What a Friend for Sinners!" This year I learned that the hymn's author, J. Wilbur Chapman,...

In addition to Del's suggestions, I recommend Richard J Evans, Lying about Hitler ( Basic Books). Evans, Chair of Modern History at the University of Cambridge, was the expert witness at the Irving-Lipstadt trial in London, where British writer David Irving sued American professor, Deborah Lipstadt...

Thabiti Anyabwile: "My New Year's reflection: I want to be like Lig' Duncan when I grow up." Find out why !

My colleague Aaron Messner writes: "Here’s a special Christmas story. My sister-in-law was visiting for the Christmas holiday and attended the 7:30 Christmas Eve service with us. She thoroughly enjoyed the service and after we got back to the house, she asked if the service would become available...

One of my most vivid memories of kindergarten is hearing Miss Killip talk to us about heaven, telling us that Jesus was preparing a place for us. This was back in the day when John 14 still said "many mansions" -- an evocative phrase. Recently I received a "Tribute to Beatrice K. Killip," written...

There's a fascinating interview with N T Wright in the latest Christianity Today. Worth reading as a whole but I was particularly struck by the following comment:

A WTS student sent me this link. Truly one of the most moving pieces of music I've ever heard, like to melt the heart of even the most hyper of Calvinists. And the guy at the very end looks uncannily like Del-Boy. Are they by chance related??? http://www.calvinistgadfly.com/?p=372