As no-one took up the last question, I'll take a stab at it before we move on to ignoring the next topic. Revision of creeds: this is huge question which really defies reduction to a blog, but here are some thoughts:

Preparing a lecture which touches on the philosophy of Hannah Arendt, especially her understanding of evil as epitomised in the Nazi war criminal, Adolf Eichmann (who, contra some Reformed "thinkers," -- ahem! -- seemed to think that the Holocaust really did happen.....) I was struck by Arendt's...

Yes, I acknowledge the defeat. A source of national shame, and I humbly call on Tony Blair to make Monday a national day of prayer and humiliation. I console myself only with the thought that, the occasional loss to Wales notwithstanding, it is still better, on balance, to be born English. On that...

Yes, I acknowledge the defeat. A source of national shame, and I humbly call on Tony Blair to make Monday a national day of prayer and humiliation. I console myself only with the thought that, the occasional loss to Wales notwithstanding, it is still better, on balance, to be born English. On that...

While I was at home with my parents last week, my niece (not the Welsh-speaking turncoat) stopped over for Saturday night. While she loves me as (she says) `my uncle from a Roald Dahl book, who’s never grown up and is naughtier than I am,’ I’m afraid certain aspects of my style leave her perplexed.

I see the new film `300' is stirring up controversy as an `anti-Iranian piece of propaganda.'

I see the new film `300' is stirring up controversy as an `anti-Iranian piece of propaganda.'

Had a terrible weekend. I was at home with mum and dad when my Welsh speaking niece arrived wearing, of all things, a Cymru rugby shirt. Virtual blasphemy in my father's house. Still, after the Italian triumph on Saturday, I managed to cope. I gather the Sons of Glyndwr are blaming the English...

Listening to Janis Joplin the other day, I was struck by two things. First, my eleven year old son (who had never, to my knowledge, heard Joplin) commented as he heard the first bars of `Me and Bobby McGee' that he didn't know I had a Joplin album. To recognise the voice like that at 11 must make...

Listening to Janis Joplin the other day, I was struck by two things. First, my eleven year old son (who had never, to my knowledge, heard Joplin) commented as he heard the first bars of `Me and Bobby McGee' that he didn't know I had a Joplin album. To recognise the voice like that at 11 must make...

America is a great country. Where else could I turn on the television this week and witness a serious debate about whether the televising of the Oscars last Sunday had adversely affected attendance at Nascar races that day? It is difficult to be optimistic about the future of anything, be it...

Ah, yes. Pelagius. Now which nation has to take responsibility for him?

Ah, yes. Pelagius. Now which nation has to take responsibility for him?

Just to remind everyone that today is St David's Day; though I can't remember of what or of where he's the patron saint. I have vague recollections of Max Boyce and Druids in golden wellies, and a most satisfying and historic victory the last time England played at Cardiff Arms Park. Perhaps opera...

What can we learn from PCE? Difficult to comment on something which isn't clearly defined but here's a few things:

What can we learn from PCE? Difficult to comment on something which isn't clearly defined but here's a few things:

Mississippi was great fun. Getting to meet `Nate-Dog' and `The Gnome' and the various other criminal Welsh-types who gather around Ref21 was a pleasure. And staying at a hotel where the guy behind the desk looked like Rod Steiger in `In the Heat of the Night' and who spoke in a strange language of...

It's official. The American Psychological Association has found that the sexualisation of girls and young women is harmful. Yes indeedy -- now we know that the portrayal of women as sex objects is not a good thing. Incredible, I know, but there you have it. Check the story at http://comment...

It's official. The American Psychological Association has found that the sexualisation of girls and young women is harmful. Yes indeedy -- now we know that the portrayal of women as sex objects is not a good thing. Incredible, I know, but there you have it. Check the story at http://comment...

Well, I too have enjoyed Mississippi. Most interesting was the comparison of ringtones on my cellphone with that of Del. I have the climax of The Who's `Won't get fooled again,' Del has `Ride of the Valkyries.' Now, who do you think suffers from the most serious delusions of grandeur???

Visiting RTS Jackson today, it was a thrill to be in the home state of the late great Robert Johnson (look him up on Wikipedia, Del); and to be introduced by Dr Thomas to RTS as a `gangly nerd,' Del continuing to labour under the delusion that I operate under pseudonyms on the Ref21 blog. Rodney,...

Visiting RTS Jackson today, it was a thrill to be in the home state of the late great Robert Johnson (look him up on Wikipedia, Del); and to be introduced by Dr Thomas to RTS as a `gangly nerd,' Del continuing to labour under the delusion that I operate under pseudonyms on the Ref21 blog. Rodney,...

I am reading a book on preaching to `postmoderns’ for review. There is much about it that I’m enjoying, but I find myself once again frustrated by the evangelical generalizations about postmodernism so-called.

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