This past summer Yale University Press released Darryl Hart’s Calvinism: A History. Darryl is Adjunct Professor of Church History at WSC, where he served as Academic Dean from 2000–03. He is Visiting Professor of History at Hillsdale College. This is a significant . . . Continue reading →
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Jordan Westerkamp Makes THE Catch!
Another Way To Connect With The HB
I’ve added a way to follow the Twitter feed. It’s on the bottom right of the HB home page. Why? Because you have nothing else to do? I don’t know. Because it’s there. I do post links there that appear on the . . . Continue reading →
What Is True Faith? (pt 1) We Must Know What We Must Know
One of our favorite television shows is set in NYC and revolves around an Irish Roman-Catholic family in law enforcement. It’s a kind of book end to the Duck Dynasty. Like the latter, it features a strong family with a strong religious . . . Continue reading →
Grammar Guerrilla: Hopefully and Hopeful
This one will not be easy to change but it is easy enough to understand. Hopefully is an adverb, a word that modifies a verb (an action word). Thus, a correct usage would be: “Hopefully, he rose to address the assembly.” In . . . Continue reading →
An Aggressively Inarticulate Generation
(HT: Sung Yeo)
Rural North County: Palms and Plows
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Cromwell: Simul Iustus Et Peccator
Judging by his serene expression, he certainly doesn’t look like a man who should have changed England’s politics, culture and history forever. I refer to Oliver Cromwell and his expression preserved for the ages in his death mask on display at Warwick . . . Continue reading →
Has The Church Replaced Israel?
It is a common canard among Dispensationalists that Reformed theology must teach that the church “replaces” Israel. They call this “Replacement Theology.” That must is what is known as an a priori, something that someone “knows” before they’ve actually looked at the . . . Continue reading →
Office Hours: The Law And The Bible
There’s no question whether Christ is Lord over every square inch. There are, however, many important and difficult questions to be discussed over how Christ exercises his Lordship over all things. Office Hours talks with David VanDrunen about his new book, The Law and the Bible, which . . . Continue reading →
More North San Diego County Beauty
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The Power Of The Medieval Cathedral
My friends Jared Beaird (a WSC grad), pastor of Covenant URC in Missoula, and Dan Borvan, a graduate of WSC (MA Historical Theology), Oxford University (M. Litt), and a PhD candidate at the University of Geneva, are doing an occasional podcast and . . . Continue reading →
Grammar Guerrilla: Affect and Effect, Sex and Gender
These two sets of words present two different problems. The first, affect and effect, is that two words sound alike and are formally distinguished by vowels that can be easily confused for one another. Nevertheless, affect and effect do mean different things. . . . Continue reading →
Dusk in North County With Smoke Rising
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Escondido Looking Toward Valley Center
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Lake Hodges In Early Autumn
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Woofstock 2013
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Practical Tip From Wiley Internet Veteran: Use BCC
Security is a huge issue for web users. Every web user (this means you—if you’re reading this then you are a web user) should be careful about what information he discloses. You should be careful about telling the world where you are . . . Continue reading →
The End Of Sacrifices And Ceremonies (UPDATED)
Throughout its history the church considered as organism, i.e., its people, has often been tempted to go back to Egypt, as it were. We have often been tempted to look back to where we were in redemptive history rather than appreciating where . . . Continue reading →











