This just in from Credo: issue number two is out. It’s on “In Christ Alone,” what the reformers called Solus Christus, and it looks like a humdinger. Here’s the teaser: “In Christ Alone” – The January issue of Credo Magazine is here! The January issue argues for the exclusivity of the gospel, especially in light of the movement known as inclusivism. This issue will seek to answer questions like: Can those who have never heard the gospel of Christ be... Read more
This from a punishing article by Mark Steyn: The developed world, like Elisabeth, is barren. Collectively barren, I hasten to add. Individually, it’s made up of millions of fertile women, who voluntarily opt for no children at all or one designer kid at 39. In Italy, the home of the Church, the birthrate’s somewhere around 1.2, 1.3 children per couple — or about half “replacement rate.” Japan, Germany, and Russia are already in net population decline. Fifty percent of Japanese... Read more
Link to the live webcast of ProLifeCon. Here is the live-blog of ProLifeCon 2012: 8:30am And we’re off. Tony Perkins, head of the Family Research Council, has just taken the podium. Perkins says a note of welcome and note that something like 50 million abortions have happened in the last four decades. He goes on to say that the pro-life movement has made gains and stands at a very important point in history in the battle for the sanctity of... Read more
This coming Monday, January 23, 2012 from 8am-11:30am (EST), I’ll be blogging and “live-Tweeting” the ProLifeCon, put on by Family Research Council. I’m very glad that FRC is such an outspoken and courageous defender of the unborn, and I hope that this event advances the cause. Here’s the link to the live webcast, which will obviously be operative on Monday morning at 8am. And here’s some info about the event: Pro-life internet activists will gather at Family Research Council headquarters... Read more
If you’re not reading Houston Baptist University’s The City, you’re missing out, period. This journal now features some of the best commentary on political, cultural, and theological issues that an intelligent reader can find. For example, in the most recent edition, editor Ben Domenech interviews Robby George–not just for a couple paragraphs, but for several pages. Every sentence is worth reading. Read the whole thing online here; sign up to receive a hard copy of The City here (it’s free).... Read more
A fantastic word on the incredible value of reading theology by my friend, pastor Gerald Hiestand: The expectations and demands of your congregation will almost certainly push you away from study and writing. So if you’re going to get after it, you are going to have to make it a priority in your schedule. I’ve found that setting aside my mornings works best for me. This year I’m reading Augustine on Mondays, Thomas on Tuesdays, Barth on Wednesdays, and contemporary... Read more
This from the archival history of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, a site that has a lot of information on the school (including a section called “Our Lore” that has a number of fun and interesting stories): In April 1961, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, was gaining national fame for his work for racial equality, he visited Southern and spoke in chapel. Ethics professor Henlee Barnette, who invited Dr. King, remembered the event nearly forty years later. After an... Read more
Tim Tebow is America’s most popular athlete. Pretty incredible for a guy who was (un)hailed as the second coming of Ryan Leaf. A month ago, I wrote on Tebow and John Calvin for the Gospel Coalition. Just today, The Atlantic has published an essay I wrote on Tebow. It’s on how to assess what it means theologically if the Broncos lose to my beloved New England Patriots on Saturday in the NFL playoffs. Has God withdrawn his blessing? Is he no... Read more
The Jonathan Edwards Center at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School is hosting a colloquium on post-Edwards theology in two days, on Friday, January 6, 2011 on the campus of TEDS. The JEC at TEDS is a young center but is off to a fast start, having already hosted scholars Mark Noll and Richard Mueller. Thabiti Anyabwile comes to speak in just under a month. Any folks in the Chicago area or beyond can come to this free colloquium on Friday afternoon... Read more
Casey Lewis of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas just wrote a nice post reflecting on his MDiv experience (HT: TGC). It’s worth checking out. Here’s a snippet from his comments on plugging in at church: Don’t coast through your seminary career thinking you will minister when you take on your first church. Find a church now, plug in, spend as much time with the leadership there as you can, and minister to as many people as you... Read more
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