Had to check my calendar to see what day it is – days are going by so fast East River! It is indeed Friday. Issue 1! (to borrow from the great talk-show host John McLaughlin) Harvest was brought to a halt due to three days of rain. It was a blessing nevertheless, as the soil [...]

(Meant to publish this post earlier, but anyway…) Women treated like chattel here and abroad In this brave new world of the tea party, I’ve noticed that most moms are still working double shifts  at home and work. Home pays zilch and work pays something like 80 percent of what men make. This reassures me [...]

A friend in the prosapologian chat channel linked me to Rachel Evan’s blog article entitled “Mark Driscoll is a Bully. Stand Up to Him.” Nothing seemed terribly new or interesting (Driscoll is being Driscoll, etc.). But in browsing the site, I did find Rachel’s large project on “biblical womanhood” noteworthy, since I’m doing my own [...]

A number of months ago I posted an argument against the doctrine of women pastors/elders. At the time, I was in my third or fourth year of being indifferent to the debate, though largely sympathetic to egalitarianism (mostly due to college pressures). So it was ironic that the coin toss for the debate topic of [...]

Romans 1 Properly Interpreted The last part of Romans 1 is dedicated to describing the depths of human depravity. Vivid, blatant, bold sin. Interestingly, a large portion of this section is dedicated to the subject of sexual immorality – homosexuality in particular. Why? I mean, surely the people in Rome are doing all kinds of [...]

Tremper Longman III actually got it right when he called Cornelius Van Til a “philosopher.” As many of you know, Dr. Craig and Van Til’s biographer John Muether have both openly declared that “Van Til was not a philosopher,” while Dr. Anderson and John Frame of RTS have said that Van Til “is a philosopher.” [...]

As more and more controversy revolves around the Manhattan Declaration, some thinkers are forging more concise means of expressing the real issues. The good folks (well, I guess only one folk) at Thoughts of Francis Turretin failed not when it came to the Bronx Declaration. RealApologetics.org is onboard. (Now, if anyone starts calling this document [...]