There is something fundamentally flawed about a purely academic interest in God. God is not an appropriate object for cool, critical, detached, scientific observation and evaluation. No, the true knowledge of God will always lead us to worship…Our place is on our faces before Him in adoration. – John Stott – Romans: God’s Great News for the World Read more

Another fine cartoon by my friend Mark Frontczak….. Read more

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Happy Valentines to us all! BW3 Read more

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Here and in the next two posts, we will be celebrating the cartoons of Christian cartoonist Mark Frontczak, with his permission of course! BW3 Read more

As a former coffee shop owner and coffee snob, I’m here to report some alarming news. Of 124 distinct types of naturally grown wild coffee, 75 are in danger of extinction thanks to: 1) climate change, and 2) deforestation, and 3) pests attacking sickly bushes and trees in the area (caused in part by the pollution weakening the bushes and trees natural resistances). A detailed study in Science Advances has shown this to be a fact, and if we allow… Read more

On any given day, you can go to the Itunes store online and find out what the top 10 or so downloads of the day are. Alas, on those same days rock n’ roll is largely notable only for its absence. Or you can go and look at the Grammy nominations for 2019 for best album, best new artist, etc and once again rock n’roll is MIA. Larry Norman said it long ago ‘rock n’roll may not be dead, but… Read more

Here’s another interesting post by my friend Larry Hurtado—- see what you think. BW3 Martyrs/Martyrdom in Early Christianity: Paul Middleton’s Contributions by larryhurtado It’s always a pleasure to see one’s former PhD students making their own contributions to scholarship, and one of my most productive former students in Paul Middleton, now Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity in the University of Chester. From his PhD thesis completed here in Edinburgh onward (published as Radical Martyrdom and Cosmic Conflict in… Read more