Teenage Vampires
There was no room at the inn when we tried to make a reservation in mid-August in Forks, Washington-not at the Quality Suites Inn, nor any other motel or B&B in the immediate area. The big draw in Forks these days is the “Twilight” phenomenon. Stepahanie Meyer chose to use Forks as the fictional setting […]
The Difficulty of Self-Knowledge
Here is a passage that I often return to, from the inaugural address of one of my presidential predecessors, Edward John Carnell:
Whoever meditates on...
Jack Bauer Is Back
During the past week or so I have been thinking a lot about torture. My thoughts have been occasioned by two factors....
Ice Cream After Funerals
In my childhood I associated funerals with ice cream. My dad was a pastor, and when he would conduct a funeral it meant that...
Church Property Disputes
Recently I was talking with a friend who is a part of a “breakaway” Anglican congregation whose members are in a property...
Hymns as “Compacted Theology”
Recently we hosted a celebration at Fuller Seminary of the life and mission of the late David Allan Hubbard, who served as...
“Worldly” Christianity
I have a piece on how to be a “worldly Christian” in one of my favorite magazines, from Singapore. You can read it here
Calvinism and Sewage
I have been putting the finishing touches on the Kuyper Lecture that I will be giving at Princeton Seminary this week. In...
Thoughts about the Lord’s Table
There is a very strange ad in the current issue of Crisis, a conservative Catholic magazine. Billed as “An Appeal from Faithful...
Same-sex Marriage and the Common Good
I get asked often about my views concerning same-sex marriage as a matter of public policy. The question is an important one, but for...
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