Nancy and I are visiting the kids in Oxford, and a friend of ours rang up (see?) to say that the Archbishop of C was going to be on the radio talking about the need to accommodate Sharia law. I couldn’t find the interview on the radio, but there is a link to the story …
Calvinistic Synergy
Green Baggins has now resumed his review of my “Reformed” Is Not Enough, picking up where he left off. That, as it turns out, is with the second half of Chapter 21, on justification by faith. He discusses briefly –without really disagreeing — my illustrative point that justification and sanctification are definitionally related, but not …
Might As Well Go Along Quietly
An election is fast approaching. Many Christians are distressed at the condition of our country, and they are equally distressed over the choices they have in elections. Why is “none of the above” ever an option? While it is not appropriate to use a Christian pulpit as a partisan platform, it is equally unacceptable for …
Is the Christian Faith Right-Wing?
As the crisis in our country deepens, we must recognize the culpable role of the Church in bringing this crisis about. Not only has it been a culpable role, it has been a central culpable role. Because we have not been people of the Word, the result has been virtually no prophetic ministry to the …
Backstory on Writing
Random House has posted an “author spotlight” featuring Nate and some of his backstory on writing. You can check it out here. And speaking of his writing, on our flight over to the UK (where I now am) I got a chance to listen to the first part of 100 Cupboards on audio. Really good …
Choosing Between a Real Enemy or a False Friend
Tomorrow is super-sized Tuesday, or whatever it is they call it. A discussion in a recent comments thread has asked why I would be unwilling to vote for Romney or McCain in the general election if they were running against Obama or Hillary, why I would “throw my vote away” by voting for an obscure …
Uh Oh
The first time Seamus came up to our house after the last big snow, he was put on the sidewalk that runs alongside our front porch. But his response was understandable. He said, “Uh oh.”
Comparisons Are Odious
Once there was a mother who always compared her two sons. The eldest was obviously her favorite, and was no secret to anyone. Her comments, particularly when she was displeased, usually came out to the advantage of her favorite, sometimes in striking ways. When she rebuked the younger, it was by wondering why he could …
Restoring Our Frame
When our first parents fell, the occasion of their grief and ours was food. Not only was it food, it was food that was good. The prohibition of the tree of knowledge of good and evil was clearly a temporary restriction. God did not create an evil, and place it in the midst of the …
Worth Checking Out
I have two daughters, Bekah and Rachel, and please allow me commend their writing to you — here and here.