I’m in Scotland for a few days, catching up with European news in today’s edition of The Times. The big splash news item, on several pages, is the case of Max Mosely, president of the FIA (Federation Internationale de l’Automobile) – that’s “Formula One” racing cars for the uninitiated.

Mosley (whose father was a renowned Fascist and professional Jew-hater) has been secretly filmed taking part in a sadomasochistic orgy with five prostitutes, he dressed as a Nazi and the women as Jewish slaves. I’ll spare the details. As of today, Mosley’s position as president of FIA is under scrutiny and The Times, along with other newspapers, has entered into the ethical analysis of his shenanigans.

Of the more interesting analysis of Mosley’s actions and fate, came in the Sports section of the paper. I have to confess that the number of times I have read the sports pages of any newspaper to be in single digits, but the moral pontifications of Simon Barnes, Sports columnist of the Year, and according to my son the best commentator on soccer (i.e. football) ever, to be both fascinating and alarmingly insightful of popular ethical prejudice.

On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus (Lk. 24:1-3). It’s a familiar tale that Christians like us insist is true on the most literal sense. But what’s the big deal? Would the bottom fall out of Christianity if the tomb actually contained the body of Jesus? The answer that Scripture gives is “Yes!” Everything about Christianity would fall apart if the tomb had not been empty.

Why has it become almost taboo in reformed circles to have a conferences on eschatology? Cannot recall one in recent years. Is this in reaction to the bizarre?  The Greenville Eschatology conference mp3s and CDs are available, information can be found here. Kudos to GPTS for setting the agenda again.

Reformed Academic Press have just published Richard B. Gaffin's God's Word in Servant Form: Abraham Kuyper and Herman Bavinck on the Doctrine of Scripture. It is available from Westminster Bookstore as well as from Reformed Academic Press (nicholasr@fpcjackson.org). The latter are telling me that the book costs $7.95.

Don Carson writes that the book is "urgently needed to respond to a resurgence of historical nonsense," and Moises Silva adds that it "can only have a positive impact on the present generation's thinking about both the character of Scripture and proper theological reflection."

Copies of Terry Johnson's Reformed Worship may also be obtained directly from Reformed Academic Press (see above for the e-mail address), a must-read resource for all those involved in leading public worship in today's climate of suspicion.