If you are planning to come to our ministerial conference, but haven’t registered yet, it would be good (in a hotel room block kind of way) to do that by tomorrow. Donkeyshins, as we bilingual people sometimes say. That, and mercy buttercup.
From the Church Drinking Fountain
In the Introduction, Stellman argues for a couple of his foundational premises, wanting us to see a clear distinction between worship and life. The basic question he is seeking to answer is this: “What is the relationship between cult and culture, the church and the world?” (p. xviii). Stellman argues that theocracy requires two components …
The White Horse King
Benjamin Merkle is my son-in-law, married to Bekah of Amoretti renown. The reason they were living in the UK the last three years was because of Ben’s graduate work at Christ Church in Oxford. While there, in addition to all the other stuff going on, he wrote a book on the life of Alfred the …
Getting the Bundle
So, then, everybody is rocking back and forth on the edge of their seats, getting ready for the release of Collision, right? Well, Canon Press is getting ready also, and have the DVD and the book bundled together here. You can also get the DVD by its own self if you already have the book …
Worth a Shot
What we need is for the president to get out there some more, and double down on his pitch for health care reform. HT: Powerline
The Disciples on the Road Behind Jesus Quarreled for a Long Time
Book 4/Chapter 7 Struggle for primacy (section 14) 1. Why were Rome and Constantinople in a struggle? 2. How was the pecking order of the churches established in the first place? 3. What was the older rule when civil primacy was transferred to another city? 4. Which pope altered this rule? Leo and Nicea (section …
Janglers With Words
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) “Remind them of these things, and charge them before God not to quarrel about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers” (2 Tim. 2:14). Paul tells Timothy to remind his people of “these things.” What he is referring to is …
The Cape and Beanie Make It Worse Somehow
I want to undertake a detailed review of a new book by Jason Stellman, one entitled Dual Citizens. There are a number of reasons for doing this, but those reasons should become increasingly manifest as we go along. The central reason is that I have become settled in my conviction that a particular form of …
Some Early Snarls
Book 4/Chapter 7 An early snarl (section 10) 1. What early tangle shows the nature of the Roman bishop’s authority? 2. What happened? Forgeries (section 11) 1. What is characteristic of most of the forgeries giving the Roman pontiff great power? 2. Are all such documents forgeries? The power of Rome grows (section 12) 1. …
What a Fun Hoot
Just went to check the Drudge Report, and there at the top was a big ad for Greta Van Susteren. You can try to go check, but I bet they have it fixed pretty quick. The headline was “Nothing Get’s By Greta,” apostrophe theirs. Now I don’t usually report on apostrophe disaster’s (joke! please do …