Well, since I’ve launched into the weird and wonderful world of theological college (Moore Theological College, Sydney, Australia), it was timely that Between Two Worlds posted up a few articles about the experience. Here are the posts that are worth reading (if there are any current or prospective students out there!): The Beginning StageThe Middle …

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I’m quite enjoying this book, so I thought I’d post up a little bit more. Discussing the ‘Decentered Self’, Leithart writes: “The Decartes who pronounces the cogito, in the very act of pronouncing it, identifies himself with an ‘abstraction of himself.’ And this thinking self, this self that is thought, is the stable, enduring, fixed …

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I’m reading through a great new book by Peter Leithart at the moment entitled “Solomon Among the Postmoderns”. Here’s part of Michael Horton’s endorsement of the book: “For those weary of wholesale denunciations of wholesale endorsements of postmodernism, this patient, well-informed and well-written essay in godly wisdom will illumin and inspire.” I’ll post up more …

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From Between Two Worlds, Daniel Wallace (Prof. New Testament, Dallas Theological Seminary) has a great video entitled: Is What We Have Now What They Wrote Then? It’s all about trusting Scripture; particularly trusting copies of non-original manuscripts. Wallace encourages two attitudes to avoid:1. Absolute certainty2. Total despair And he suggests there are three questions we …

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Ranald Macaulay, author of excellent books including the brilliant, “Being Human”, and understudy of Francis Schaeffer has a short, yet great paper available entitled, “Learning from Schaeffer” You can download it from the L’Abri website here, but here’s a snippet of it: “Without recourse to Van Til or Kuyper or Dooyeweerd, Schaeffer had discovered the …

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In case you hadn’t known, John Dickson and Greg Clarke (formerly of CASE) have formed the Centre for Public Christianity (http://www.publicchristianity.org/ – not yet up online). John is releasing The Christ Files very shortly, which looks to be an excellent documentary supporting the historial reliability of Christ, the Gospel and the New Testament in particular. …

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There is great value in plumbing the depths of our Christian history as we move into the future which is so suspicious of the latest big claims (or that suspicion might be better described by Lyotard as ‘incredulity towards meta-narratives’). Following the legacy of Robert E. Webber, Christianity Today’s February edition has some very good …

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Post from Between Two Worlds, these are related to his forthcoming book, The Reason for God: Exclusivity: How an there be just one true religion?Suffering: If God is good, why is there so much evil in the world?Absolutism: Don’t we all have to find truth for ourselves?Injustice: Hasn’t Christianity been an instrument for oppression?Hell: Isn’t …

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NT Wright has a new book coming out called Surprised by Hope. It seems like quite an interesting read, particularly if you’re in Christian circles that think that heaven is a place where the soul escapes the body to be with God in some sort of timeless place! Here’s an interview about the book: Click …

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According to Open Doors World Watch, here are the 10 worst places to live as a Christian: 1. North Korea2. Saudi Arabia3. Iran4. Maldives5. Bhutan6. Yemen7. Afghanistan8. Laos9. Uzbekistan10. China This is based on the intensity of persecution faced by Christians for pursuing their faith. Link here: http://www.christianpost.com/article/20080205/31086_Top_10_Worst_Places_to_Live_as_a_Christian.htm