On Being a “Van Tilian”
I’ve finished reading John Muether’s excellent biography of Cornelius Van Til, published recently by P&R Publishing. I will be reviewing it for Books & Culture. Reading it was a bit of a nostalgia trip for me. Van Til, a longtime professor at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, was one of the better known theologians among […]
Wisdom from Steve Jobs?
The passing of Steve Jobs is eliciting many tributes and commentaries about his cultural contributions. I followed his public role only from...
Praying–and Talking–about a “Calling”
Michelle Cottle has a problem with the idea that God “calls” people to run for high political office. Specifically, she is convinced that Texas...
Cofee Helps Manage Blood Sugar Level
Researchers from the Kao Corporation report that low polyphenols as well as chlorogenic acids, as well as feruloylquinic acids and dicaffeoylquinic acid, conjointly accumulated...
On How “We Hold These Truths”
I heard someone say recently, in connection with whether a Mormon could be president, that John Kennedy had faced similar opposition because...
God’s Grammatical Preferences
Lewis Smedes and I were close friends for many decades—the friendship long predated my joining him on the Fuller faculty in 1985. He...
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...
Computers, Chess and “the Heart”
In an interesting piece in the February 11 New York Review of Books, Gary Kasparov—who reigned over the world of chess for...
A Forgetful Messiah?
During a conversation with a rabbi friend, things got a bit tense. He had been reading a book that I had written,...
The “Earth” in “Earth Day”
Well, Earth Day 2012 has come and gone. I did not take part in any events specifically focused on Earth Day concerns—although I did...
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