Well, Saturday saw some sanity return to the ranks of international rugby. The Calcutta Cup returns to its rightful owners; and the Irish slay the Red Dragon at the Millennium stadium. The theodicy question relative to the most glorious of sports seems somewhat less pressing today than it might...

A few thoughts: On Rick's ramblings on rugby: this is clearly a point where Proverbs 26:4 applies. So I waive my right to a surrejoinder. On Mr Dever, I hope Mark is purging his library of all the abominable theology produced by these people who practice what he can't abide. Should leave him with...

Thanks to Derek for reminding me of my birthday, a day spent with the present Mrs T, listening to David Bowie records from my youth. 'Changes' and 'Life on Mars' seem perennially relevant. To quote the Stones, `What a drag it is getting old.' Yet as I sat last night drinking a glass of Mad Elf and...

David Dunbar, President of Biblical Seminary, has produced a helpful, concise and gracious statement on the nature of generous orthodoxy and its relationship to his own institution. You can find it here . The statement, and the concept with which it deals, raise a number of questions in my mind but...