Maybe it’s because I’m marking essays, but this essay in the Atlantic rings true. American education has been in trouble for 50 years and things aren’t improving (HT: MIke O’ Connor).
2008 Archive
Antony Flew's "Conversion" to Theism
I’m a little late but somewhere in the welter of links I found this fascinating account of Flew’s relationship with a couple of evangelicals and some young atheists and others.
The Rejection of Errors (2): The Antithesis and Eschatology
In the first post in this series I connected the Rejection of Errors adopted at the Synod of Dort (1619) with the Reformed doctrine of “antithesis” between belief and unbelief. To put that doctrine in some context I offered a brief overview . . . Continue reading →
Las Vegas URC worship services beginning June 1
If you live in the Las Vegas area, please come join the LV URC church plant for Sunday afternoon worship services beginning June 1 on the campus of the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV).
Princeton Lecturing WTS/P on the Confessions? (updated)
One sign that we’ve entered a strange new time is that a Princeton Seminary prof has written an essay in order to instruct WTS/P faculty about the meaning of the Definition of Chalcedon as understood by the Westminster Confession.
Back on the Table Again
Martin Downes has been blogging the renewed controversy over the inerrancy of God’s Word. This is a discussion that many have not wanted to have for a long time. When I started seminary in 1984 the sounds of the last “Battle for the Bible” . . . Continue reading →
What Would Calvin Do?
What to do if one finds oneself in a congregation that didn’t observe consistently the Regulative Principle of Worship (—the short definition: In stated services, the congregation observes only those elements required by God’s Word as prescribed by God’s Word; see Heidelberg . . . Continue reading →
The Rejection of Errors (1): A Brief History of the Antithesis
Part two of this series is here. ___ Kim Riddlebarger is working his way through the Canons of Dort. He’s covering the Rejection of Errors. The RE was the Synod of Dort’s way of re-asserting the anthesis between the Reformed faith and . . . Continue reading →
There's a "Stooge" Channel on the Web
In between marking term papers, I’m Listening to Dennis Miller’s podcast and he mentioned that there is a Stooge channel on the web. Sure enough there is! Now I’ll never get any work done.
You're Not "Graduating Seminary"
Not according to Mignon Fogarty, of the “Grammar Girl” podcast. Apparently most people don’t know how to use the verb “to graduate” correctly.
Helping Reformed Churches in Myanmar
A relase from WORD & DEED – MYANMAR/BURMA – — With an estimated 32,000 people dead and fears that the number could rise to 100,000 with a further 1.5 million at risk, the world’s eyes are fixed on the repressive government of . . . Continue reading →
Reformed and Pentecostal?
James K. A. Smith has an interesting post at CT: Teaching a Calvinist to Dance. In this post he says he longs for a “a kind of ‘Pentecostalized’ Reformed spirituality.”
Is Willow Creek Really Changing?
Matt Branagh at CT quotes some folks who say WC is making a fundamental shift, but the evidence from the “Reveal” study isn’t so clear cut.
Of Catholics, Evangelicals, and Rome
(revised and re-posted from 7 May ’07. This post was occasioned by the announcement of the conversion of the now former president of ETS, Francis Beckwith, to Rome). § Mr White, Mr Black, and Mr Gray Cornelius Van Til used to write . . . Continue reading →
WSC Grad Nollie Malabuyo Ordained to Ministry
It’s a beautiful thing:
New in Print
Examining the Nine Points: Point One, Outlook 58.5 (May 2008): 22-26. The article is not online. This is a link to an overview of the latest issue. Review of Reformed and Always Reforming: The Postconservative Approach to Evangelical Theology by Roger E. . . . Continue reading →
Calvin500.Org
When Officers Subscribe
Wes has good thoughts on the sacred duty of subscribing the Reformed confessions.
Don't Get Caught Reading at a University
Or you might find yourself hauled before some bizarre committee and disciplined (HT: Selwyn Duke). This student was disciplined for reading a history of the KKK. What if he had been actually researching archival KKK publications?
Seminary Saturday: Finals, Commencement, RC, and Bavinck
We’re coming to the end of the Spring semester. Preparations for commencement are reaching their conclusion. Student papers are due this Friday at 10AM (for those of my students who haven’t already turned in their papers). After that, there are a few . . . Continue reading →