Now That the Smoke Has Cleared: A Summary of Christian Responses to the Nye/Ham Debate
It’s now been two weeks since the big debate between Ken Ham and Bill Nye. Everyone who watched has an opinion about... Read More
The "Value" of Degrees in Theology and Religious Vocation
This morning I scanned through an interesting book put out by Georgetown University that analyzes the value of 171 common college majors... Read More
Presuppositional Apologetics and Sound Parenting?
One of the more surprising sources of parental advice that I have received came to me a few years ago in the... Read More
Review Link for New Book on Apologetics
I just finished Scott Oliphint’s generally excellent book on apologetics, Covenantal Apologetics (P&R, 2013) and was fixing to write a review when I... Read More
To Duck or Not to Duck
The Duck Dynasty controversy has finally slipped into the periphery, and most are glad to leave it that way. Franklin Graham, however,... Read More
"Peace, Peace" When There Is No Peace
One of the more troubling mis-translations in the history of English Bible translation (at least in terms of its popular acceptance and... Read More
A Little Christmas Music?
The hymn “Joy to the World,” published by Isaac Watts in 1719, is one of my favorites. But it’s not my favorite... Read More
My Personal Take on Rap and Hip-Hop as Worship Forms
I’m finding myself somewhere between pity and embarrassment as I watch otherwise respectable middle-aged white men tripping over one another to be... Read More
Some Random Thoughts About ETS
Last week I made my annual pilgrimage to the meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, this year in Baltimore, MD. The ETS... Read More
Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder?
Billy Graham just preached his final sermon (well, sort of—it was more a few sentences inside of a state-of-the-art video presentation). We’ve... Read More