Valley of Vision
Some thoughts on a fresh appreciation for an old truth…
Category Reformation21
Consumerism, Higher Education and the Church
Welcome back Rick! We want to hear about your journey to Africa when you’ve gone and returned. You are right, Rafiki has a wonderful ministry. Now, a few weeks ago I posted on “Consumerism and the Local Church.” Well, Martha Nussbaum,…
Returning from Exile
Rick Phillips to Ref21, requesting permission to redock… I am glad to be reentering the Ref21 cyberzone, having been in a mini self-imposed exile for awhile. This largely consisted of my much-needed, and much-enjoyed family vacation. Immediately on returning, however,…
Heinrich Bullinger
Bullinger was born on this day, July 18 1504. I’ve blogged about this on the First Presbyterian Church blog. I’m wondering if Carl or Ligon have any thoughts on his influence on the European Reformation.
A Kiss is Just a Kiss
Was it Louis Armstrong who crooned, You must remember this A kiss is just a kiss, a sigh is just a sigh The fundamental things apply As time goes by… A kiss is just a kiss? What world are you…
The Presbytery of Mississippi “Nullifies” PC(USA)’s PUP !
Brave evangelical leaders in the PC(USA)’s Presbytery of Mississippi have produced a response to the infamous PUP (Peace, Unity and Purity) report. On this past Thursday, at a called meeting, the Presbytery of Mississippi overwhelmingy (by approximately 90 percent) passed…
Window on the Past Defenders of the Faith: Irenaeus & Tertullian
American President Theodore Roosevelt once said that “it is not the critic that counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the…
Zidane on Ref21 Blog
Hey Rodders, Thomas is busy trying to get the next issue of Ref21 up later today, so he’s asked me to post this. Lovely jubbly. That’s what he says, anyway. He has all kinds of techno-savvy guys doing it for…
Charles Hodge and the Method of Systematic Theology: a Corrective
In recent times Charles Hodge has come in for a drubbing in connection with his remarks on the nature of what he calls theological science, as these are set out in the first seventeen pages of his Systematic Theology. (See,…
To Kiss or Not to Kiss?
This past week, the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, kissed a seven year old boy–on the stomach! Context: the President had bent down to ask the boy his name; the boy in embarrassment rolled up his T-shirt over his face thereby…