I do apologise for the insensitive way in which I brought to the attention of European readers the existence of aerosol cheese. While America has provided many great cultural benefits to the world ( The Rockford Files , Walker, Texas Ranger ), I fear that in emphasising the dark side of the...

With reference to Rick's posts, I have concerns with antithesis/fundamentalism -- not with the doctrinal distinctives which he rightly praises but with the cultic mentality to which this can give rise and, indeed, to the postmodern hermeneutics which it can in fact ironically foster. Just a few...

With reference to Rick's posts, I have concerns with antithesis/fundamentalism -- not with the doctrinal distinctives which he rightly praises but with the cultic mentality to which this can give rise and, indeed, to the postmodern hermeneutics which it can in fact ironically foster. Just a few...

The First Things webpage carries a very interesting, and in parts very moving, article, What is Anglicanism? , written by the Ugandan church leader, Archbishop Henry Luke Orombi. I'm generally not a big fan of Anglicanism as a phenomenon (mourning every day for the failure of the Grand Old Cause)...

I was talking with someone last week about a well-known theological personality. `I don't think he wants to be a heretic' was my friend's comment. `No,' I responded `I think the problem is he wants to be a big shot.' It reminded me of the reflections of another friend on a New Testament passage...

I was talking with someone last week about a well-known theological personality. `I don't think he wants to be a heretic' was my friend's comment. `No,' I responded `I think the problem is he wants to be a big shot.' It reminded me of the reflections of another friend on a New Testament passage...

My good friend, Iain D Campbell, Free Church minister in Back, Isle of Lewis (from where all the best and most beautiful wives hail!) has posted a typically thoughtful paper on his website dealing with just the kind of issues upon which the blog has been touching these last days. Here's the link:...

In the context of recent discussion, readers might want to check out Patrick Henry Reardon's Christ in the Psalms (Conciliar Press). Reardon, an Orthodox priest, has done a great job of producing a thoughtful, devotional, Christological reading of the Psalter. The underlying text/numbering is that...

In the context of recent discussion, readers might want to check out Patrick Henry Reardon's Christ in the Psalms (Conciliar Press). Reardon, an Orthodox priest, has done a great job of producing a thoughtful, devotional, Christological reading of the Psalter. The underlying text/numbering is that...

Michael McLenahan, Edwards afficionado and minister of the gosepl, brought this link to my attention: http://jonathanedwardscenter.blogspot.com/2007/07/billy-graham-preaches-sinners-in-hands.html

I had today had a new accusation added to the several that have been made against me over the years: lycanthropy. Indeed. I found myself in the car park of a local Barnes and Noble being berated by a certain gentleman for being a `wolfman who daily devours young children and students.' Bizarre, but...

I had today had a new accusation added to the several that have been made against me over the years: lycanthropy. Indeed. I found myself in the car park of a local Barnes and Noble being berated by a certain gentleman for being a `wolfman who daily devours young children and students.' Bizarre, but...

There, bet Del Boy didn't know I can even quote from memory -- from memory, boyo!! --the relevant German section of the passage in The Valkyrie to which he refers. Eat humble pie, you culturally elitist Welshman and grovel in abject humiliation and wonder before the dazzling cultural intellect of...

Given the fact that the Trinitarian identity of the Christian God is the identity of the Christian God, how do the other bloggers on Ref21 (who are all ministers) ensure that the action of worship in their churches on a Sunday is truly Trinitarian? For theologians such as Gregory Nazianzus, John...

Given the fact that the Trinitarian identity of the Christian God is the identity of the Christian God, how do the other bloggers on Ref21 (who are all ministers) ensure that the action of worship in their churches on a Sunday is truly Trinitarian? For theologians such as Gregory Nazianzus, John...

Rev Bryan Follis of Belfast kindly sent me a copy of his new book, Truth with Love: The Apologetics of Francis Schaeffer (Crossway). I was very moved (convicted?) by the conclusion of the book:

Just finishing Bob Letham's brilliant and accessible Through Western Eyes: Eastern Orthodoxy -- a Reformed Perspective (Christian Focus). Typical of Bob's style -- awesome learning, accessible writing, and a fine critical exposition of the history and theology of Orthodoxy which is careful and...

Just finishing Bob Letham's brilliant and accessible Through Western Eyes: Eastern Orthodoxy -- a Reformed Perspective (Christian Focus). Typical of Bob's style -- awesome learning, accessible writing, and a fine critical exposition of the history and theology of Orthodoxy which is careful and...

Lunchtime conversations with minister friends in London indicates that the storm about Steve Chalke and penal substitution rumbles on in the UK. There are dark rumours of a certain well-known Christian book chain boycotting a popular presentation of the doctrine; there are whispers of other...

Back in the UK I hear rumours that a certain well-known Welsh Baptist minister who read a piece I wrote in Themelios on J I Packer and the Anglo-Welsh evangelical crisis of 1966, has been heard to lament loudly at a recent conference (with more than a little Celtic irony), `What a disaster!...

Back in the UK I hear rumours that a certain well-known Welsh Baptist minister who read a piece I wrote in Themelios on J I Packer and the Anglo-Welsh evangelical crisis of 1966, has been heard to lament loudly at a recent conference (with more than a little Celtic irony), `What a disaster!...

Today I picked up a copy of a new book by my old pal, Neil MacDonald, with the fascinating title Metaphysics and the God of Israel (Baker). Neil approaches theology from a broadly Barthian perspective, though this book engages with a veritable pantheon of intellectual giants, from poets to...

I found this link on Dave Strain's website to another old pal, David `Robbo' Robertson, on YouTube. The meek shall inherit the earth; but Dundee ministers will sell their books on YouTube. Frightening enough to have Dave R's blog out there; now we have video-streaming. I need to reset the filters...

I found this link on Dave Strain's website to another old pal, David `Robbo' Robertson, on YouTube. The meek shall inherit the earth; but Dundee ministers will sell their books on YouTube. Frightening enough to have Dave R's blog out there; now we have video-streaming. I need to reset the filters...