Great comments on porn, Phil and Carl. My pastoral experience dealing with this issue has taught me that this issue is tied to a broader issue of idolatry that becomes practically an entire worldview of porn. Time after time, men…
A helpful comment from Michael Cassidy, who is one of the leading evangelics in South Africa: “Any religion that professes to be concerned with the souls of men and is not concerned with the slums that doom them, the economic…
I agree with Phil re. pornography but think the problem must also be seen not simply in terms of the categories of lust and exploitation of women. These are surely only part of the story. The need for constant change and variety…
Last month’s post on Naomi Wolf’s essay “The Porn Myth” provokes many useful lines of practical and theological reflection. Wolf’s basic argument is that, contrary to feminist expectations, easy access to pornography has not been liberating for women, but makes…
Updating TolstoyWages of SpinCarl Trueman Some years ago the BBC produced a new version of Tolstoy’s romantic tragedy, Anna Karenina, with the twist was that this was to be an updated version set in the present day. I guess…
Updating TolstoyWages of SpinCarl Trueman Some years ago the BBC produced a new version of Tolstoy’s romantic tragedy, Anna Karenina, with the twist was that this was to be an updated version set in the present day. I guess…
Like Phil, I got a copy of The Great Exchange, kindly sent to me by Jerry Bridges. I’m very glad to see it, having been told of it by Jerry during a dinner we had during last year’s PCRT conference. …
Despite a previously poor cultural track record which includes such low-points of Western civilisation as Derek Thomas, Swansea, and Shakin’ Stevens (Excuse me, boyo, but his album `Whole Lotta Shakey’ was much underestimated, wasn’t it? — ed.), Wales has upped its game…
And while Phil’s reading up on imputation, here are three new ones on the psalms: J A Motyer, Treasures of the King: Psalms from the Life of David (IVP – UK). Good devotional book. Has Motyer ever written anything that isn’t…
I am very happy to have received a book I have not yet read but do not hesitate to recommend. It is called The Great Exchange: My Sin for His Righteousness, and it was written by Jerry Bridges and Bob…
