by Jackson Watts Near the end of 2015 I began reading Jonathan Pennington’s excellent book entitled Reading the Gospels Wisely: A Narrative and Theological Introduction (Baker Academic, 2012). Pennington is a professor of …
Keep Readingby Theological Commission It is the time of year when many readers are finishing up their last minute Christmas shopping. But by now, many who read blogs will also be seeing “Top Books” lists of many shapes and sizes. Sometimes these can be difficult to wade through as they point to a seemingly endless supply of Christian books that most …
Keep Readingby Kevin Hester I recently read an article in Time magazine that traced the seemingly permanent impasse in the federal government to the election of a number of representatives during the presidency of George H. W. Bush. At a meeting with incoming House Minority Whip Newt Gingrich and Congressman Vin Weber, Bush expressed his greatest fear that they would allow …
Keep Readingby Matthew Pinson (the following is a blog post originally published here on the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberties Commission blog; ) I recently listened to a podcast of the White Horse Inn in which Michael Horton featured the ongoing transformation of Mackenzie University, a prestigious private university in Brazil with more than 40,000 students, into a Christian …
Keep ReadingMembers of the Commission for Theological Integrity would like to wish all of our readers, regular and new, a very Happy Thanksgiving season. As many of you will be traveling, hosting guests, preparing food, and web traffic is down, we look forward to resuming normal blog posts next Tuesday morning. Until then, may we count our many blessings and give …
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