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I find it hard not to envy the disciples a little. They were there for the first Easter. Therefore, they were the first to hear the good news of the resurrection and the first to see the risen Christ. Don’t…

I am also wildly enthusiastic about this volume, hot off the press (Evangelical Press). As the picture says, its a volume by Joel Beeke on John’s epistles. Some dude called Derek Thomas blurbs on the front cover (too small to…

I may have mentioned this book before in these columns but there’s no harm in repeating my enthusiasm for this volume by Thabiti Anyabwile called The Faithful Preacher: Recapturing the Vision of Three Pioneering African-American Pastors (Crossway).  It is a…

Paul Helm has posted an excellent little piece on what definitions do and don’t do. A few quotes: “Berkhof’s definition is not an attempt to replace the language of the Psalms or of any other language, or to be cleverer…

History is important; but the current distaste for history doesn’t fill one with much confidence that this kind of thing can be reversed. 

Having spent a jolly couple of days reading through pages and pages and pages of web-based Holocaust Denial while simultaneously gagging and preparing a chapter for a book on historical method, I confess to being totally depressed by the number…

As a loyal Philadelphian, I was more than a little pleased to see the design the U.S. Postal Service unveiled last week for its permanent stamp.  The cost of postage will continue to rise, I am sure, but this image…

Reformation21 readers should be sure not to miss the April 2 cover story in Time magazine: “Why We Should Teach the Bible in Public School.”  David Van Biema is much too cautious about the possible dangers, as he sees them,…

“There are two kinds of sinners. The first are the evildoers, who do not believe, and the arrogant saints. The second are those who believe in forgiveness through Christ. We are indeed sinners but under the shadow of Christ’s merit…

Rodders, nice one but you can’t fool me! That ole April Fool thing — had it sussed before I discovered it cost $999. Knew strait’way that you’s were kiddin. Something that sharp would be worth at least a couple o’…