Here is a new title, due out very shortly. Canon Press is taking pre-orders now, if you like. Click here, or on the cover. This text represents a lot of what has been taught in the NSA rhetoric course over the last decade. And if you want to get the Canon Press e-newsletter, go to …
Then Leave The Man Alone
Beware of all isms except for prisms, as the fellow said. This goes double for libertarianism, and I would point you to Denny Burk’s applause of Michael Gerson’s critique of Ron Paul. Since I have praised Paul in this place before (and will no doubt do so again), I should perhaps offer an explanation of …
Golden Barnacles
After several weeks in Central Europe and the UK, Nancy and I are headed home today. Jiggety jig, as they say. We have had a glorious time, and have seen a bunch of the sights, particularly those of interest with regard to the Reformation. We have been to the church in Cambridge where the first …
And Grace Does Have An Agenda
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Burrowed Into the Woodwork of Puritanism
Here is a small necklace of things that should be strung on the same thread, at least in my mind. To the casual observer, it might seem more like a pearl, a washer, a wooden bead, and a small metallic nut, but this is only because that casual observer is not looking at it with …
Seven Thoughts on the Assassination of Bin Laden
1. Assassination is not necessarily an ungodly tactic. Ehud was a righteous judge in Israel, and he was used by the Lord in the assassination of Eglon (Judg. 3:21). It is not to be condemned out of hand. 2. The biblical response to this kind of thing is not uniform. There is a sense in …
Spray Early
We often don’t pay enough attention to how familiar passages are juxtaposed. Take, for example, a short chain of passages in Luke 6. A disciple when fully trained will be like his teacher (Luke 6:40). Don’t try to take a speck out of your brother’s eye when you have a railroad tie in your own …
Using the Reductio
A friend sent me this critical review of Pearcey’s Saving Leonardo. I have not yet finished Leonardo, so I will not say a whole lot about that. But I did notice a flaw in the critique/review that is a very common mistake in debates like this. I have noted it many times, and I think …
A Little Story
So in a minute I am going to plug some of our new media sites. Since we are a thoroughly Reformed bunch here, this is all in the interests of bringing the thought of the 16th century abreast of current developments. All the truth of the high confessional era in a high tech way, with …
The Need for a Sense of Smell
I recall one place where N.T. Wright said that the economic policies of Margaret Thatcher were “evil.” As a good portion of the Western world is now in the process of running out of money, this set up an interesting train of thought. Is it “evil” to be broke, to run out of money? Presumably …