Monthly Archives: January 2006

Baby Tossed Into Lake Represents Broader Epidemic

Daniel sent me a link to this article. It is amazing (and probably not true in many places). My favorite section: So why did Fox kill Firefly so deliberately? Did they want to punish creator Joss Whedon for his “unexpected” … Continue reading →

[RANT ON] OK, last post today; I promise. Remember when you first met your wife, and fell in love with her? Remember your heartrate? Remember the difficulty breathing? Remember the shakes? Do you dare presume to think you’ve had a … Continue reading →

I read some seventeenth-century Reformed theologians arguing that because baptism is effective it must be more than a seal. I read others arguing (against Socinians) that baptism is effective because it is a seal, not just a sign. Someone needs … Continue reading →

To offer a different way of writing Reformed book reviews, here is John Barach’s take on the book.

Of course, I haven’t watched every show out there. Stargate remains a complete unknown to me, for example. And sci-fi is so vast a field that it really is implausible to put them all in one group. The X-files was … Continue reading →

A sermon on Ephesians 4.1-7 I may have told you all before about a friend of mine who was a ruling elder in a Presbyterian Church. They received as new members a mother and adult son who had recently come … Continue reading →

The Reformed tradition has largely understood that the OT was an administration of the Covenant of Grace before Christ came. There have been attempts to deny this but they are, in my view, completely unconvincing. The most that can be … Continue reading →

Damn straight! Hat Tip: BHT

The new theme at Reformation21′s blog and the first installment therein are direct and forceful reminders of why Norman Shepherd has been so helpful to Presbyterian pastors in North American Evangelicalism. The theme is why exposing sin is easier for … Continue reading →