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Daniel Wallace addresses the authenticity of the Gospel of Thomas My coworker Dean has started a blog called Re(-)petitions. Dean is a lover of philosophy in general and Kierkegaard in particular. To sample the fomer see his post on “Philosophy, huh? So…like…what do you do with philosophy?” and for the later you can begin with … Continue reading »

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Mike Wittmer on Evangelical Funerals. Wittmer comments on the balance of celebration and grief at funerals. Russell D. Moore on Why Christians Should Read Fiction. He begins his post: I’ve found that most people who tell me that fiction is a waste of  time are folks who seem to hold to a kind of sola … Continue reading »

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Here’s just a few items of interest I’ve run across. While John Walton was here last week he visited Grand Rapids Theological Seminary. Mike Wittmer offers his reflections on Walton’s views. As always Mike has some interesting insights. The new Archbishop of Cantebury, Justin Welby was installed. This was an important event for the 80 … Continue reading »

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Not much this time around but here’s a couple of items. Justin Taylor offers some links and a video on What Really Happened in the Scopes Monkey Trial? The Scripture Zealot offers an excellent quote from C.S. Lewis on devotionals. It reads, “For my own part,” wrote Lewis, “I tend to find the doctrinal books often … Continue reading »

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Just some stuff I found on the web lately. At the top of my list, for obvious reasons, is Ben Witherington’s fine post on “The Death of the Bookstore.”  The whole post is very good but I loved this part: “Knowledge may be getting cheaper in the Internet and digital age, but it is also … Continue reading »

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Kevin Vanhoozer addresses the issue of inerrancy. He writes, “What then does the doctrine of biblical inerrancy explicitly articulate? We can refine our provisional definition of inerrancy in terms of truthfulness as follows: The inerrancy of Scripture means that Scripture, in the original manuscripts and when interpreted according to the intended sense, speaks truly in … Continue reading »

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Kenneth Stewart has some concerns about the resurgence of interest by Protestants in things such as Lent. See his article Much Ado about Something? Nagging Questions about Observing Lent. He writes, “The primary objection to our current rush to re-instate Lent is this: too many evangelical Christians are considering this (and some related questions) with what … Continue reading »