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2008 Archive
Fish: No Politics in the Classroom
I wonder if Stanley Fish is defining “politics” very narrowly as “party politics”? For a fellow who wrote, There is No Text in This Class he seems pretty naive about what happens to cultural conservatives in contemporary academia. Does ISI exist for nothing? . . . Continue reading →
Kline and Enns
Lane has helpful clarification here.
Hodge on Rom 7
We think of Charles Hodge as stuffy systematician but he was an astute and careful reader of Scripture. His commentary on Romans is still useful. Wes White has an appreciation here.
The HB on Facebook
I’m not sure what it does other than to alert folks to the existence of the HB but if you’re on FB then you’re welcome to go to the HB page on FB and join the fun.
New Issue of Semper Reformanda Coming Out
Next week. Edited by Charles Brown and Bill Chellis (in alphabetical order) SR is a helpfully provocative journal from folks generally, but not exclusively, in the Reformed Presbyterian Church in North America.
We're All Puritans
I’m more and more convinced that we should stop talking about “Puritans” as if they were some distinct species of Reformed theology. They were English and Scots Reformed theologians and pastors. Shane Lems has more good stuff that illustrates that confessional Reformed . . . Continue reading →
Summary of PCA GA
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More on Computers in the Classroom
This has been a topic of discussion previously on the HB: Part 1 Part 2 Thanks to the good offices of our Academic Dean, Dennis Johnson, I see that the latest news on this front is from The Chronicles of Higher Education . . . Continue reading →
Is Google Making Us Stupid?
Carl reminds us of a fascinating article on the Atlantic website that got lost in the end of the semester paper shuffle. I see the effect in my students and I see it in myself. The thing I’m concerned about is how . . . Continue reading →
MNA Response to the Midwestern Floods
Dominic Aquila has the info.
Sweetness from the "Sweet Dropper"
Andrew Compton has some choice quotes
PCUSA Presbytery Proposes Revisions to Adopted Translation
Thanks to Stephen Ley for alerting me to this interesting discussion. I don’t pretend to understand the intricacies of PCUSA (the mainline, largest and most liberal Presbyterian body in North America). What is interesting about this sort of argument in this context is that . . . Continue reading →
New from WSC: Alma Matters for June 08
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Theonomy and Federal Vision: Separated at Birth?
The question comes concerning the relations between Theonomy and the Federal Vision. There is reason to think that there is some connection between the two movements. several well-known theonomists are also proponents of the FV. One of the FV leaders recently described . . . Continue reading →
Our Bloody Religion (HC 14) Pt 1
14. Can any mere creature make satisfaction for us? None, for first, God will not punish any other creature for the sin which man committed;1 and further, no mere creature can sustain the burden of God’s eternal wrath against sin 2 and . . . Continue reading →
Academic Respectability or Responsibility?
Lee Irons has a provocative and helpful post for would-be evangelical scholars.
PCA GA Admonishes LA Presbytery
Here. Now, what will the PCA do with the open promotion of the FV in the Missouri Presbytery and in the Pacific NW?
SBC Reports Decline in Baptisms
Brad Lenzner sent this Reuters story reporting that baptisms are a twenty-year low in the SBC. Wag that he is, he suggests that one way to boost their baptism numbers would be to start baptizing their children.
Timothy is Reading CJPM
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