“One Little Hour”

Theological liberals have found themselves caught between a rock and a hard place during the once-a-decade Anglican convention known as Lambeth Conference 2008. For the past five years, the Anglican Communion / Episcopal Church (I shall refer to the joint group as Anglican from now on) has suffered repercussions from the election of openly homosexual clergyman Gene Robinson to the bishopric of New Hampshire. (more…)

Last week the Board of Westminster Theological Seminary voted 18-9 for the suspension of Dr. Peter Enns from the faculty effective at the end of the schoolyear. The Board passed the issue to the Institutional Personnel Committee (IPC) reccommending that Dr. Enns’ tenured position be terminated. (more…)

Tonight my friend Michael was applying to Westminster Theological Seminary, a school of great importance to modern church history because of its connections to Machen, Ockenga, McIntyre, and Van Til. It is unsurprising that the Masters, Th.M., and Ph.D. at Westminster are generally focused on church history rather than secular history; it is a seminary after all.

Now don’t get me wrong, I am currently attempting to earn a graduate degree focused on modern church history, but I believe a nearly exclusive focus on church history can create an (more…)