There is a new evangelical group blog that looks pretty lively, and which also looks like a good addition to the fray. HT: Justin Taylor It was there, however, that Jared Wilson wrote a bit on why the culture war will go to hell. He gave ten reasons that I would like to interact with …
Song of Songs Conference in the UK
For any of our friends near the northern part of London, you may want to check this out.
Cheering for the Cowpie Channel
I have said before that I find Sean Hannity barely tolerable. Whenever I see him, which is rarely, Bill O’Reilly provides an ongoing trial of the purity of my sanctification. And I have only seen Glenn Beck for a few minutes in YouTube clips, but that man is clearly a histrionic specimen of the first …
The Second Ramp
I finished Jason’s book this morning. His last chapter, on assurance of salvation, was very good. His main interest was to critique the popular three-fold method of assurance (i.e. faith, good fruit, witness of the Spirit) — not because they could not be understood biblically, but because if they are treated as independent “lines of …
What’s It There For?
Jason’s next chapter is “The Bragging Calvinist,” and the basic principles he lays down are very good. He sticks close to the text of Scripture, and shows how bragging in your own autonomous glory apart from the Lord is excluded, and how the new covenant opens up new freedoms in which we may voluntarily submit …
All That
I have very little to say about Jason’s next chapter because it was really very good. If I hunted around I know I could find something to argue with, but that would be a waste of time. This was a very good chapter. He begins with a discussion of Luther’s contrast between a theology of …
The Sanctified Profane
Jason’s next chapter, on worldliness, was a collection of very fine furniture, wonderfully arranged in the wrong room. The chapter was an enjoyable read, and Jason says many important things that many evangelical Christians need to learn and heed. God made stuff, and He wants us to enjoy it. We need to learn how to …
On Not Getting Stuck in the Present
Jason’s next chapter, on “The Destiny of the Species” was really quite good. This was the chapter in which he showed how eschatology drives everything else, which it really does. He, echoing Chesterton and Kreeft, shows how it is the future that defines us and gives us our identity. And the chapter was written with …
Looking Forward to the 17th Dimension
Chapter 9 of Dual Citizens is on the unworthiness of this world when compared with the glories to come. And of course this is quite right, but we still have to sort out the implications. There are a few things that Jason asserts in this chapter that rub my fur the wrong way, but he …
This Scandinavian Howler
It is hard to add something serious to a topic as risible as Obama’s peace prize, but here goes a try at it. President Obama is in a bad jam. He is intelligent enough (and a number of his advisors are certainly intelligent enough) to see the political capital that would be accumulated if he …