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 the mystery of his own life will quickly realize why only God, the searcher of the secrets of the heart, can pass final judgment. We cannot judge what we have […]
Celebrating Newman
Pope Benedict is getting ready to visit England. He will officiate at a beatification ceremony—the step that precedes the elevation of the beatified person...
Worship and National Holidays
A decade or so ago I wrote the piece below for the magazine Reformed Worship, in response to a request that I...
When the Animals Will Form a Choir
The speaker at the conference was telling us about “creation care.” The Bible has some good stuff in it about the subject, he said....
Christ Without the Church?
Anne Rice has been much in the news because of her announcement that she is leaving Christianity. No more church for her, she says. ...
About Being a “Movement”
A group of us from several seminaries were meeting together, and someone made a comparison between Fuller Seminary and another theological school....
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...
The Importance of “Is”
I have been reading John Calvin, and in the process my thoughts have turned
briefly to Bill Clinton. In...
Supporting “Israel”
A letter to President Bush made public last week, signed by a group of evangelicals, myself included, is getting some attention. The...
Atheism and Liberal Theology
Early on in my theological pilgrimage I was influenced by J. Gresham Machen, particularly his book Christianity and Liberalism. That book was...
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