That’s what my wife observed after hearing this story.
(“Second-degree separation means that if you find someone whom you think is theologically or ethically compromised, you must separate from that person, as well as from other people who have not separated from the first individual.” —John Woodbridge)
“It is impossible that Scripture should contradict itself; it only appears so to senseless and obstinate hypocrites.”
—Martin Luther, as quoted in John D. Woodbridge, Biblical Authority: A Critique of the Rogers/McKim Proposal (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1982), 53.
I’d love to see Luther interviewed by the mainstream media today!
I’m not a Broncos fan, but I’m a Tim Tebow fan.
I’ve heard through some reliable sources that Tebow, an outspoken evangelical Christian, is the real deal.
From what I can tell, he is.*
And I’m cheering and praying for him.
Last week I read his recently released autobiography:
Tim Tebow with Nathan Whitaker. Through My Eyes. New York: HarperCollins, 2011. 260 pp.
It’s a fun story to read, especially if you like football.
It’s hard not to like the guy: [Read more…] about Tim Tebow
Iain H. Murray, John MacArthur: Servant of the Word and Flock (Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 2011), 77–78:
MacArthur has written of Fundamentalism moving apart in two directions after World War II:
One wing, desperate for academic respectability, could not resist the pluralism of the modern age. . . . Another wing of Fundamentalism moved in the opposite direction. They were keenly aware that an obsession with academic respectability had led their brethren to abandon the fundamentals. For that reason they distrusted scholarship or spurned it altogether. This right wing of the fundamentalist movement was relentlessly fragmented by militant separatism. Petty concerns often replaced serious doctrine as the matter for discussion and debate. [N. 9: Reckless Faith: When the Church Loses Its Will to Discern (Wheaton: Crossway, 1994), pp. 95-6.] [Read more…] about Iain Murray on John MacArthur and Fundamentalism
Answer here.
One of John R. Rice’s grandson just wrote this book:
Andrew Himes. The Sword of the Lord: The Roots of Fundamentalism in an American Family. Seattle: Chiara, 2011.
Himes (b. 1950), who identifies himself as a follower of Jesus but not as a fundamentalist or evangelical, has a provocative perspective on Mark Driscoll (pp. 13–14):
Mark Driscoll is the prominent pastor of Mars Hill Church in a neighborhood near my home in Seattle. I’ve attended Driscoll‘s church several times to listen to his preaching and get a clear sense of his theology, which is identical in almost every respect with older fundamentalists such as John R. Rice, although he adds a twist of Calvinism . . . .
Driscoll does not claim to be a fundamentalist, and many who today willingly accept the label of fundamentalist would not claim him as their sectarian brother. Nonetheless, Driscoll is a fundamentalist in everything but name, and shares virtually all his doctrinal positions and attitudes with any other fundamentalist. [Read more…] about Mark Driscoll: A Fundamentalist in Everything but Name?
Some of Don Carson‘s friends surprised him with a gift on April 12 at The Gospel Coalition’s conference:
Andreas J. Köstenberger and Robert W. Yarbrough, eds. Understanding the Times: New Testament Studies in the 21st Century; Essays in Honor of D. A. Carson at the Occasion of His 65th Birthday. Wheaton: Crossway, 2011. 400 pp. 
“The editors and contributors to this volume join in expressing our profound gratitude to you, Don, for your tireless work in God’s kingdom and for your immeasurable impact on the church and on all of us” (p. 11).
Here’s the table of contents:
This book has been over a dozen years in the making:
Gregg R. Allison, Historical Theology: An Introduction to Christian Doctrine; A Companion to Wayne Grudem’s Systematic Theology. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2011.
It’s 778 pages. And that’s the abridged version. Allison writes in the preface, “Even when I turned in the largest rough draft Zondervan had ever received, no one laughed at or chided me. Rather, a calm and simple suggestion was made that I revisit the length of the draft for the sake of keeping the book to one volume.”
The first chapter presents eights ways that historical theology benefits the church (pp. 24–29, numbering added):
