“The acting that one sees upon the stage does not show how human beings actually comport themselves in crises, but simply how actors think they ought to. It is thus, like poetry and religion, a device for gladdening the heart with what is palpably not true. But it is lower than either of those arts, …
Anything by Carl Trueman is worth reading. C.J. Mahaney conducts an interview with Trueman on the Sovereign Grace Ministries blog. Read Part One here and Part Two here. Among other questions, Mahaney asks: “What single bit of counsel has made the most significant difference in your leadership?” Trueman answers: “Again, I have to plead to …
An Australia Day reflection. There are two statements/assertions that I run into from time to time. The first of these stems from Pedro Fernández de Quirós, a Portuguese explorer and devout Roman Catholic, who named the lands, previously known as terra australis incognito, either La Australia del Espiritu Santo (The Great South Land of the …
Last year I wrote some thoughts on the future of Presbyterianism in Scotland and Australia. David Robertson (pastor of St. Peter’s Free Church, Dundee) promptly commented, pointing out where I had no idea what I was talking about. Here are his thoughts on ‘<strong>How (not) to be an American Missionary in Scotland‘ foreign nationals coming …
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