Postcards from Palookaville

Fans of the late, great Frankie Howerd will remember his catchphrase, honed while playing various Roman slaves with names like `Lurkio' drawn almost straight from Plautine comedies: `Nay, nay, thrice nay!' Well, as John Muether, the OPC Historian, has just brought to my attention, the OPC actually...

Fans of the late, great Frankie Howerd will remember his catchphrase, honed while playing various Roman slaves with names like `Lurkio' drawn almost straight from Plautine comedies: `Nay, nay, thrice nay!' Well, as John Muether, the OPC Historian, has just brought to my attention, the OPC actually...

As the flurry of activity and opinions surrounding the life and legacy of Steve Jobs starts to die down, one paragraph stands out for me as a profound analysis of his impact and contribution. Not from a Christian source, but from the Jewish author, Howard Jacobson, writing for the English...

As the flurry of activity and opinions surrounding the life and legacy of Steve Jobs starts to die down, one paragraph stands out for me as a profound analysis of his impact and contribution. Not from a Christian source, but from the Jewish author, Howard Jacobson, writing for the English...

I have been asked why I seem so critical of parachurch organizations, when I work for one myself. Good question. The following thoughts seem apposite. First, there are different kinds of parachurch organizations. Seminaries, conferences, theological and ethical co-belligerent societies etc. "...

I have been asked why I seem so critical of parachurch organizations, when I work for one myself. Good question. The following thoughts seem apposite. First, there are different kinds of parachurch organizations. Seminaries, conferences, theological and ethical co-belligerent societies etc. "...

In a shameless knock-off of the Pyromaniacs' practice of providing a weekly dose of Spurgeon, here we start a new feature: Presbyterian Profundity, featuring quotations from a bunch of old, dead guys who lived, to quote Spinal Tap on Stonehenge, hundreds of years before the beginning of history...

In a shameless knock-off of the Pyromaniacs' practice of providing a weekly dose of Spurgeon, here we start a new feature: Presbyterian Profundity, featuring quotations from a bunch of old, dead guys who lived, to quote Spinal Tap on Stonehenge, hundreds of years before the beginning of history...

I do not typically go to this source for pastorally useful definitions, but my recent post led to me do a little bit of research to see if there are any good definitions of pornography out there. The Catechism of the Catholic Church actually has about as good a statement as any I have come across:...

I do not typically go to this source for pastorally useful definitions, but my recent post led to me do a little bit of research to see if there are any good definitions of pornography out there. The Catechism of the Catholic Church actually has about as good a statement as any I have come across:...