This next Monday, my brother Gordon Wilson will be involved in a debate on Darwinism at the University of Idaho. Those who are here in the area should come, and should bring an evolutionist friend with them. Should be very good.
Demented and Twaddlesome
In his statement endorsing Rudy Giuliani, Pat Robertson said this: “To me, the overriding issue before the American people is the defense of our population from the blood lust of Islamic terrorists.” This evil blood lust of theirs must be distinguished from the domestic and homegrown blood lust of ours, which is constitutionally protected, and …
Baptism and Covenant Life
INTRODUCTION: Baptism in water can be a complicated subject—and yet the author of Hebrews treats it as one of the Christian “basics.” This should make us wary because the evangelical Christian world doesn’t have this sorted out yet, and yet it should also make us eager to sort it out—to grow up into maturity as …
Henry York and His Cousins
Next month Random House will be releasing Nate’s first book in a fantastic trilogy (using both senses of fantastic here). The name of the first book is 100 Cupboards — the next two will be Dandelion Fire and The Chestnut King. You can pre-order Cupboards here, but if you are not quite ready to do …
Leaven of the Pharisees
The passage we consider here culminates in Christ’s rebuke of the disciples for their continued and ongoing hardness of heart. The picture we have of hardness in a believer is most instructive — provided we are not hard of heart ourselves. “In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus …
A Bedrock of Calvinism
“It is hardly necessary now to argue that the theological tenor of the English Church in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries was firmly Protestant, even Calvinist, though literary critics have been in some danger of forgetting that fact as they stress Roman Catholic influences upon Donne or the medieval literary heritage of Herbert, …
Improper and Unbecoming
“The shameful cult of human personalities which tarnished the life of the first century Corinthian church still persists in Christendom, and a most improper and unbecoming regard is paid to some church leaders today” (John Stott, The Preacher’s Portrait, p. 101).
Picking Up the Tab
“The aim of untold millions is to be free to do exactly as they choose and for someone else to pay when things go wrong” (Theodore Dalrymple, Life at the Bottom, p. 5).
What a Marvelous Thought
The Moscow City Council election is now over, and the results are in. Congratulations to Tom Lamar, the top vote getter, as well as to the other victors — Steed, Krauss, and Carscallen. Lamar is a genuine liberal, but he showed a lot of class in this election. In the aftermath of the bigotry kerfluffle, …
Wilkins the Newt
Let’s make this simple to understand, shall we? Just want to look at the structure of the thing. 1. An accusation was circulated in the PCA, claiming that Steve Wilkins is a newt; 2. The Louisiana Presbytery, understandably concerned, met with him a couple times and determined that in their judgment he was in fact …