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  • Billy Graham is an important 20th century man, and David Aikman tells the story of His Life and Influence exceptionally…
    September 27, 2010
  • I was driving to church Sunday and passing through downtown Greenville, hoping to avoid traffic created by a poorly placed…
    September 24, 2010
  • Religious thought may be vulnerable on any number of fronts, but it is not vulnerable to the criticism that in…
    September 23, 2010
  • It is appropriate and necessary for preachers to judge the needs of their congregation when they teach Scripture. I do…
    September 22, 2010
  • Mark Noll writes in the New Dictionary of Theology the following praise of Charles Hodge (whose Systematic Theology I’ve recently…
    September 21, 2010
  • A relative recently informed me that my baby, now that he is 6 months old, can understand 75% of what…
    September 21, 2010
  • A reporter goes up to smokers in a New York City park and asks them to put out their cigarettes.…
    September 18, 2010
  • Etymological studies have long been an alluring seductress to students of the Bible. .... Etymological studies, through no fault of…
    September 17, 2010
  • There are a few themes that have developed on this blog. Usage Determines Meaning. Technology gives and technology takes away.…
    September 16, 2010
  • I’m writing a dissertation in Turabian format, which means double-spaced lines (except in footnotes). That, in turn, means I can’t…
    September 13, 2010
  • John Piper’s foundational sermon for his philosophy of Christian Hedonism is entitled “Let Your Passion Be Single.” In it he…
    September 9, 2010
  • A teacher of mine heard me expounding my Usage Determines Meaning doctrines and sent me a courteous e-mail in which…
    September 8, 2010
  • I just got to write a fun article for a brand new BJU Press online publication, Modern Pilgrim. Feel free…
    September 7, 2010
  • Frances Beckwith, former president of the Evangelical Theological Society, has converted back to the Roman Catholicism of his youth. That’s…
    September 3, 2010
  • Every few months I take a detailed look at my blog stats, and for several years I have had one…
    August 30, 2010
  • I know this is obscure. I’m not trying to be elitist; I just couldn’t shake this idea. Don’t try too…
    August 27, 2010
  • Islamic Contemporary Music was profiled recently in the NY Times. This line jumped out at me (where he says “music”…
    August 26, 2010
  • One of my favorite little programs is AutoHotkey. You can write nearly any macro script you can think of to…
    August 23, 2010
  • A reader writes, I have a question about e-readers. Going into the ministry, and seeing the great number of books…
    August 20, 2010