My post on Puritan names brings up an incidental point. I have heard preachers and laypeople alike trip up many…

In a section of my dissertation critiquing the view that God has no emotions, I wrote the following: If God…

I have long enjoyed reading about the globe-trotting adventures of Nick Kristof, arch-liberal and New York Times columnist. Whatever his…

Sometimes the principled reasons people give for taking a position are just window dressing, good for public display but only…

I’m still reading God’s Secretaries, and I’ve arrived at a section in which Nicolson details the umpteen rules the KJV…

Years ago, Kevin Bauder’s address “A Fundamentalism Worth Saving” was helpful and influential for me. Recently, I found my mind…

David Instone-Brewer of Tyndale House offers some resources for studying Jewish documents. I have found it frustrating a few times…

It's not clear to me exactly what Harold Camping is predicting, but it is very, very sad. And wrong—though I…

As I announced previously, I successfully defended my dissertation for a PhD in New Testament on May 2. I have…

The crop of new theological books for 2011 is huge. The problem is that the cool people seem to read…

I am reading Putting the Truth to Work: The Theory and Practice of Biblical Application by Dan Doriani. After just…

Last summer I took a course at Yale Divinity School’s Jonathan Edwards Center on Edwards’ Religious Affections. I enjoyed it…

When James I of Scotland acceded to the throne of England in 1603, the Puritans saw their chance to start…

I very much enjoyed this part of the wedding.

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A Praying Life, free on Kindle. I know nothing about this book except that 1) it was well-reviewed when it…

"I don’t like anything here at all." said Frodo, "step or stone, breath or bone. Earth, air and water all…

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When you have a baby, a chocolate wrapper’s platitudinous advice must be read in a new light. Instead of tempting…

It’s not legalism; I just feel like I’m a better person when my inbox is cleared. I feel like a…