The BBC are producing a “new adaptation of Watership Down [that] uses Richard Adams’ bestselling novel as its source to bring an innovative interpretation to the much loved classic”. I’m not sure what that exactly means, but it looks like Hazel, Fiver, Bigwig and the others will be along. It wouldn’t be the same without …
Eugene Peterson has died at the age of 85. The internet will provide you with plenty of eulogies, should you search them out. A contemplative presence whose wisdom invited thought and consideration, even when the reader did not agree with his conclusions. In his collaboration with Marva Dawn, published as the book The Unnecessary Pastor, …
Fleming Rutledge writes about the final prophetic promise of the Christian Old Testament, and how that foreshadows the Gospel hope and the creation wide need for it. The final words of the Christian Old Testament are quite amazing. The Hebrew Scriptures are arranged so that the prophetic literature is in the middle, but the Christian …
Lewis Allen’s The Preacher’s Catechism is comprised of forty-three reflections based on catechism-style questions and answers aimed at preachers. The chapters provide some doctrinal reflection and some personal reflection applications. The first question: ‘What is God’s chief end in preaching?’ The answer to that question: ‘God’s chief end in preaching is to glorify his name.’ …
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