“One Little Hour”

Last night Michael Gembola, Scott Pickering, and I attended 10th Presbyterian Church in Center City Philadelphia. I was slightly disappointed that I wasn’t going to be able to watch the Super Bowl, but in hindsight I don’t regret the decision one bit (even though I missed the greatest upset in Super Bowl history).

After the evening service Dr. Michael Ward of Cambridge presented his dissertation work on the Chronicles of Narnia, recently published as Planet Narnia by Oxford University. Dr. Ward’s presentation was flawless and his evidence compelling. He titled the talk (more…)

Dr. Watt, my adviser at Temple, had me start with C. Allyn Russell’s Voices of American Fundamentalism, which gives seven biographies of first generation fundamentalist leaders. Russell starts the series with a look at the life and ministry of J Frank Norris, the Texas Southern Baptist minister best known for shooting an unarmed man in his study while preparing a sermon one Saturday afternoon. (more…)