Wales Win!3/15/2008
A grand slam of the Six Nations belongs to Wales. Read all about it. Here.
Derek, lead us in a round of "Mae Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau," won't you?
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Welsh World Domination3/8/2008
Well, Derek Thomas and Hywel Jones must have been singing Cwm Rhondda as they listened to the Wales beat Ireland in Dublin (16-12) to win the Triple Crown and to set up for the Six Nations Grand Slam against the Frogs in Cardiff. Wales is 4-0.
We're talking Rugby here of course.
And as if it couldn't get any better, Scotland beat England 15-9 at Murrayfield today.
Remember Bannockburn!
Carl Trueman was spotted in a Pub drowning his sorrows.
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Is the Pope set to rehabilitate Martin Luther?3/6/2008
Maybe so.
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Iain D. Campbell on Warfield on the Cross2/26/2008
Iain D. Campbell, the pastor of the Back Free Church, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, preached four remarkable missions messages at First Presbyterian Church here in Jackson last week. Too many good things to begin to repeat them all here, but one little treat. This quote/thought from B.B. Warfield - "Jesus dies on the cross, but not of the cross."
Said Iain D. - "And to use the magnificent words of B.B. Warfield, “Jesus dies on the cross, but not of the cross.” The cross was the means by which He died, but not the reason why He died. He died through being crucified, but not because He was crucified. He was nailed to the tree, but that wasn’t the cause of His dying. The cause of His dying is precisely because He is there as the substitutionary atonement for the sins of His people. He dies bearing my sins in His body to that tree, so that I might live; so that through His condemnation at Calvary, the Judge in heaven will say to the sword of justice as it hangs over my head for my sins, ‘Do not slay my son. Jesus has been crucified. He has been put to death’; and I am now pardoned through His dying, justified by His blood, saved from the wrath to come."
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David F. Wright's Obituary (in The Scotsman)2/22/2008
The Scotsman (an Edinburgh-based, national, daily Scottish newspaper) has now published an obituary of Professor David F. Wright, written by his longtime colleague, Duncan Forrester. You can read it here, or following.
I have received emails from a number of David's former students, or those who knew him at New College (among them, Jeff Jue and Jon Payne) who have rightly remarked about how gracious David was and how encouraging he was with students. Absolutely true.
He had a ready wit as well. I will never forget sitting next to him during a Faculty of Divinity seminar in the Senatus, listening to a brilliant but spine-tingling lecture on the Council of Chalcedon by the renowned historian Geoffrey de Ste Croix. Ste Croix demonstrated that the Council was "stacked" (take note, all you FV advocates out there!) due in no small part to the influence of a politically-motivated and only nominally-Christian Emperor's thoroughly orthodox, Christian wife, who managed to get the orthodox party over-represented via the most impressive assemblage of senatorial families of the era. David leaned over to me as the appluase was continuing at the lecture's end, with an amused smirk, and said: "Well, after that, you need a doctrine of providence!"
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The Death of David F. Wright2/19/2008
My friend, Dr. David Reimer of New College has just written to tell me of the passing of one of the great evangelical Patristic and Reformation scholars of our time, David F. Wright. David was for many years Senior Lecturer in Ecclesiastical History at New College, University of Edinburgh, then became (towards the end of his tenure there) Professor of Patristic and Reformation Christianity, then in his retirement, Emeritus Professor and Honorary Fellow. He died in Edinburgh, with his beloved wife, Anne Marie, holding his hand as he left Jordan's stormy banks.
Professor Wright inspired awe (and not a little terror) among a generation of postgraduates at New College, who often said of him: "David has read everything, . . . twice!"
An indefatigable editor and powerful voice for Bible-believing scholarship, David's last work was an article on the Great Commission (David Reimer tells me). How fitting.
David was my own PhD supervisor, and I owe him more than i can possibly express in words.
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Pray for Al Mohler2/14/2008
This press release has just come from SBTS. Al is facing, again, major surgery, and in view of this and the potentially lengthy recuperation process, has decided not to allow his name to be placed into nomination for the presidency of the SBC this summer.
Al's complete confidence in the wise and kind providence of God shows through in all his remarks. I've attached the whole release.
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Matthew Henry on Repentance2/13/2008
"Though we must not repent that we have repented, yet we must repent that we have not repented better." (commenting on Numbers 29:11)
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So what's up with Urbana and Roman Catholicism?1/29/2008
Here. And here. And here.
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Congratulations to Mark Dever1/22/2008
Mark Dever's The Gospel and Personal Evangelism, has been nominated in the Apologetics and Evangelism category for the Christianity Today Book Awards for 2008. Mark has previously received a 2007 CT Award of Merit.
Visit www.crossway.org to view excerpts, or to browse the full-text online.
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Calvin on the humility of Christ made manifest in his willing humiliation, even unto the death of the cross1/19/2008
"It is assuredly such an example of humility as ought to absorb the attention of all men; it is impossible to explain it in words suitable to its greatness."
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Thabiti Anyabwile does it again1/18/2008
I read this to our pastoral staff this morning during our devotions. Excellent.
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Helm responds to Enns1/16/2008
Here. (HT: JT)
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The Golden Compass - Snoresville12/29/2007
Well, it turns out that the much-ballyhooed Golden Compass is a crashing bore. I finally got around to seeing it last night. There were three other people in the theater. Several things struck me.
1. Yes, the movie's production quality was better than the Narnia film, and at points on par with Peter Jackson's LOTR, but movie's appeal suffered from not having a larger fan base that already knew the story from the books. Consequently, the uninitiated have to be instructed in the vagueries of Pullman's imaginary world, and as a result the momentum is glacial.
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Some encouragement on the cultural engagement front12/15/2007
Our friend David Robertson has managed to deliver a robust and winsome rejoinder to Richard Dawkins, and it's gotten some significant traction in Britain.
Read and be encouraged. Here.
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