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June 2011

June 18, 2011

Landmarks of Early Film #1

Over the past few years, I've been watching a lot of early movies in more...

June 15, 2011

“Blog tour” for my wife’s book

It may seem somewhat improper to review a book by my wife, but hey, she...

March 2011

March 18, 2011

Response to Kevin DeYoung, Part 1

The most thorough and widely touted refutation of Love Wins is a lengthy review by...

March 15, 2011

OK–now that I’ve actually read the book. . . .

Here's a review of Rob Bell's Love Wins. First of all, I had never read...

March 12, 2011

George MacDonald, Rob Bell, and standards of orthodoxy

The evangelical world seems to be in a tizzy about a book that almost no...

July 2010

July 27, 2010

What I believe about the Church–a muddled manifesto

A year or two ago, on my friend Chris Armstrong's blog (Grateful to the Dead),...

March 2010

March 15, 2010

Religion and art–followup to a Facebook discussion

Yet again I return to this blog after a very long absence (the longest yet)....

January 2008

January 22, 2008

Which Church Father are you?

You’re St. Justin Martyr!You have a positive and hopeful attitude toward the world. You think...

January 18, 2008

Why does anyone vote for Romney?

It seriously puzzles me. OK, he's no doubt a competent administrator. But who cares how...

May 2007

May 05, 2007

Bush was right to veto the Iraq withdrawal bill

The war was stupid and wrong from the start. We (Americans, British, etc.) went into...

April 2007

April 25, 2007

Pope Benedict praises Origen

After 1500 years, Origen gets a break. Pope Benedict dedicated his Wednesday audience to him,...

April 01, 2007

What is Anglicanism?

As the crisis in the Episcopal Church appears to be nearing a climax (but haven't...

February 2007

February 25, 2007

Thoughts on Tanzania

Since every other Anglican blog has naturally been holding forth for the past few weeks...

February 24, 2007

Lenten message from G. K. Chesterton

The two great parties in human affairs are only the party which sees life black...

October 2006

October 17, 2006

The real problem with the “Christian Right”

The catchphrase on the Left these days (and among many who see themselves as moderate)...

October 10, 2006

A better article on the same subject

I particularly like the point that the invasion of Iraq went astray in part because...

October 08, 2006

Interesting article on American Christianity

This report by the Council on Foreign Relations was published in the New York Times....

August 2006

August 08, 2006

Evangelicals against Bush

Christianity Today reports that evangelical leaders including Franklin Graham and Rick Warren are criticizing the...

August 06, 2006

Lots of stuff has been happening

I have recently gotten a job at a college in Indiana (Huntington University), and the...

March 2006

March 21, 2006

Reformanda vs. renovanda

Here I go again after another of my long lapses. I'm not going to become...

January 2006

January 22, 2006

Erec et Enide

In my last post I referred briefly to the medieval courtly romance "Erec et Enide,"...

January 21, 2006

Narnia in the Spotlight, Part 2

A more interesting critique of Narnia than Toynbee's (not focused on the movie, BTW) is...

January 14, 2006

Narnia in the Spotlight, Part 1

It's been a long while since I've blogged, as happens from time to time. I...

November 2005

November 13, 2005

In defence of Rowan Williams

++Rowan Williams, archbishop of Canterbury, occupies one of the least enviable seats in Christendom at...

October 2005

October 30, 2005

Priesthood of all believers

One of the central slogans that's come to be identified with the Reformation is the...

October 13, 2005

Insight for the day from Wendell Berry

"There are no unsacred places;there are only sacred placesand desecrated places."Thanks to la nouvelle theologie...

October 09, 2005

For Dave Armstrong: on development and ecclesiology

Dave,Here at last is my piece defending the development of Protestant ecclesiology, which I've been...

October 09, 2005

The dissertation is in the hands of the committee

My defense will take place on Oct. 17. Assuming all goes well, a major phase...

September 2005

September 04, 2005

Authority and truth–reply to Binx

I've been carrying on a conversation in the comments section with a poster named Binx,...

August 2005

August 28, 2005

Justification by faith: the real issue?

It's common for Protestants to claim that justification by faith is the single major issue...