I am currently reading three new books by Peter Leithart — the commentary on Kings, the book on Second Peter, which are both outstanding, and the book Deep Comedy, which promises to be the really fabulous one. I am not very far into them yet, but am certainly far enough in to see that Peter …
And More Gratitude
The 2006 meeting of Anselm Presbytery, CREC, concluded yesterday. I am serving as the current moderator, and was extremely grateful for how things are going. The presbytery meeting was covered in grace, even though there were some difficult issues for us to deal with. It is a tremendous privilege to work with men of this …
Debating on the Internet
Debating on the Internet Two victim cards, neither of which worked. The Dove campaign on beauty has something really interesting here. But when they observe, “no wonder our concept of beauty is distorted,” I think they are missing something important. We have to be careful not to let egalitarianism creep in here. There is a …
A Little Bit Thin
Posting might be a little bit thin for a few days. We just finished our ministerial conference in Moscow yesterday, and are now in Bellevue for the 2006 meeting of Anselm Presbytery. Augustine Presbytery met on the East Coast last week, and, from what we hear, they had a glorious time. At any rate, things …
A Spate of New Books
I mentioned in a recent blog post that a spate of new books from Canon Press was about to arrive. Well, they are all at the printers, and so you can start ordering them now. In fact, on most of these, if you order now they have a deal on shipping costs. Take a gander. …
Not A Parody. I Repeat . . .
This is what you get when you allow women preachers. Or, rather, this is what you don’t get. Or something.
Shakespeare the Christian
Please allow me to commend these lectures on Shakespeare by my friend Ralph Smith. If you enjoy them (and you really should), there are more coming.
Find Out Who She Is And Marry Her
I am currently reading, and very much enjoying, Debbie Maken’s book, Getting Serious About Getting Married. My wife read it and reviewed it for Credenda a few months back. This is one of those “about time” books. My father, who has been counseling young people about affairs of the heart for half a century or …
Whompff!
Want to live real cozy-like? Has the pope apologized or not? If he has, it was quite a feat — hard to apologize to mobs of people making your point more strongly than you ever did. One of the funnier commercials I have seen. I wonder if it ever actually ran anywhere.
Yay. More Troops.
I just finished looking over the premier issue of Salvo, and I commend it to you. A quarterly dedicated to a thoughtful engagement with the cultural follies that surround us on every side, this magazine is a welcome battalion of reinforcements in the culture wars. Check it out.