Category Archives: books

“Make-believe McGillies”

Posted on March 20, 2010 by

As a proud graduate of McGill University, it was gratifying to see a feature article on the McGill News website recently called “Make-believe McGillies.” The article describes various “make-believe” alumni from McGill in fiction, movies, and television in the past … Continue reading →

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Karl Barth’s ecumenical contribution on the Filioque

Posted on November 26, 2009 by

Yesterday, a box from Purolator came with my gratis copies of Karl Barth on the Filioque. I’m very pleased with how Ashgate designed the text! Here’s a snippet from the book itself. I’ve chosen a section in chapter five, dealing … Continue reading →

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Crucifying Ministries

Posted on June 18, 2009 by

One of my favourite pastoral theologians (other than Karl Barth–who is very much a pastoral theologian, thank you very much!) is Andrew Purves of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. I have been assigning his book Reconstructing Pastoral Theology: A Christological Foundation (amongst … Continue reading →

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Big theology works Meme

Posted on June 9, 2009 by

I saw this great quotation from Martyn-Lloyd Jones over at Per Crucem ad Lucem on the importance of reading for the preacher: Time must be found for reading, and we turn now to the more intellectual type of reading. The … Continue reading →

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Updike and the “Funny Theologian”

Posted on February 3, 2009 by

John Updike, the American novelist, died last week. I haven’t read much of Updike, though I did read one of his novels while I was studying at McGill. (I actually managed to read a lot of novels while commuting when I … Continue reading →

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Theology of Trust?

Posted on December 22, 2008 by

I have a colleague who is looking for a good theological work on the theme of “trust.” I am looking for your input. Have you read a good theologically oriented book on the theme of trust? What would you recommend? … Continue reading →

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“Good works”

Posted on October 8, 2008 by

I just finished over my lunch hour this enjoyable little book called Crazy Talk: A Not-So-Stuffy Dictionary of Theological Terms. (My family will never let me live this down–as a kid I used to read the dictionary; then I was … Continue reading →

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One Book Meme

Posted on October 2, 2008 by

This “One Book Meme” (which showed up on Brad Penner’s blog Pensive) was fun to think through. I reproduce it here with some editing of categories, and my own answers, of course!  Don’t feel bad if you don’t know what a Meme … Continue reading →

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