Blog blizzard

The following is not a series of recommendations in itself, more a bundle of interesting posts from the blogosphere over last few days: putting it here is for my own benefit as much as for anyone else

• Comments on Karl Barth, Bruce McCormack, and the New-Barthian View of Scripture from Dr William B. Evans at Reformation21.
• A lecture (MP3) by Professor Michael Haykin on the historical background to Islam and three sermons by Sinclair Ferguson giving an angel’s view of Christmas (HT: Justin Taylor).
• Advice from R. C. Sproul on redeeming the time via C.J. Mahaney.
• The Exiled Preacher gives us Paul Helm’s thoughts on the impassibility of God and a review of Helm’s book on Calvin: A Guide for the Perplexed.
• Paul Wallace provokes thought about preaching and our sense of achievement and starts a series on the art of meditation from the Puritans.
• Everything by Jonathan Edwards online (HT: Adrian Warnock).
• Some provocative thoughts on Nicholas of Myra from Gene Veith. You know him as Santa Claus (Nicholas, that is, not Gene Veith).
• If you have an interest in and capacity for serious discussion on the creation vs. evolution issue, then David Anderson’s extensive series of posts at More Than Words is for you.
• The Together for the Gospel blog is alive once more (after the nasty falling out documented by Tim Challies) with a series of posts by Ligon Duncan on evangelism in the local church.
• From Crawford Gribben’s blog come some excellent posts on reading Thomas Vincent, Thomas Goodwin (by Joel Beeke and Mark Jones), and Jeremiah Burroughs.
• For the man in your life, the Art of Manliness provides a holiday gift guide with fantastic ideas for men old and young.
• Er . . . that’s it for now.