Archive for April, 2007

‘Tis the Season…

Monday, April 30th, 2007

…when Westminster students turn to each other’s blogs for some commiseration in the midst of final papers and studying for exams. So take two, and call me in the morning:
My wife offers some amusing quotes about education
David asks the Daughters of Jerusalem, “O have you seen my Beloved (thesis)?”

That Whirring Sound You’re Hearing?

Monday, April 30th, 2007

It’s Van Til spinning madly in his grave.

Evangelicals and the Church Fathers

Monday, April 30th, 2007

I’m in that tunnel called final week of class (which has only one exit: directly into the Final Exam Tunnel), but I’ll try to get some little things up now and then to keep the ol’ blog alive.
Carl Trueman, professor of Historical Theology and Church History at Westminster Theological Seminary, has a brief but fascinating [...]

Shameless, Self-serving Get-Me-(and-You!) Something Free Request

Saturday, April 28th, 2007

I signed up today for Mozy, a service highly recommended to me by several people. Mozy provides 2 GB of free online storage (unlimited space is $5/month), which is more than enough to back up the most important files on my computer.
Here’s the deal: if you sign up too by clicking here (or by using [...]

A Parable…

Friday, April 27th, 2007

…for my classmates who will be facing presbyteries and ordination councils in the coming months:

Stackhouse on VT Slayings

Thursday, April 26th, 2007

“Guns don’t kill people” … but they do kill people very efficiently. John Stackhouse brings up a possible overlooked lesson from the recent mass murder at Virginia Tech.

Deutero-Deuteronomalicious!

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007

A year ago next week I finished Old Testament History & Theology II with Tremper Longman. Now many of my friends are taking part in Tremperfest: The Next Generation. In commiseration with them, I resurrect this “blast from the past” post. To see the comments of my readers to the original, go here.
This is totally [...]

Does It Take an Unbeliever…

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

…to express the awesome power of the Gospel in a fresh and stunning way?
Maybe so, if this post from Dilbert creator Scott Adams is admitted as evidence.
Scott Adams asks “What’s Missing?” in the Imus debacle.

A Bridge Over Troubled Waters

Tuesday, April 17th, 2007

Some of you know that Karyn and I lived for about ten years in Charlottesville, VA. Among other claims to fame, Charlottesville is home to the University of Virginia. Anyone who has ever been around those parts knows that there are few rivalries as deep and (at times) vicious as the one between the UVa [...]

For Virginia Tech

Monday, April 16th, 2007

 
Our daughter Sarah and her husband are both VT grads; in fact, they met there. Karyn and I taught a number of students in Charlottesville who are now VT students.
 
Today we are all Hokies.