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The Forgotten Mark Hatfield

By D. G. Hart | Published: August 12, 2011

The governor of Oregon and U.S. Senator, Mark Hatfield, died last Sunday. For many evangelicals born after 1970, Hatfield’s name is obscure. But during the 1960s and 1970s he was a model for evangelical political engagement. Only after the rise of the Moral Majority under Jerry Falwell and the Reagan Revolution did Hatfield’s brand of… Read More→

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Orthodox Presbyterians Rival Gospel Co-Allies Enthusiasm for Enthusiasm

By D. G. Hart | Published: June 23, 2011

General Assemblies are not always like this but the recent OPC GA did assume more the character of a national preaching conference (of course, minus the celebrity pastors) than a regular meeting of the church’s highest judicial body. All of the presentations from the OPC’s standing committees included historical overviews as well as substantial edification… Read More→

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An Anniversary that Deserves More than a Mug

By D. G. Hart | Published: June 11, 2011

The Orthodox Presbyterian Church turns 75 today. Festivities have so far included lectures, presentations from the General Secretaries of the Assembly’s standing committees, a banquet tonight, and the opportunity to purchase handsome coffee mugs. Thankfully, the Assembly’s organizers resisted the chief temptation of our time — t-shirts (which are fine to wear under shirts with… Read More→

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Which Doesn’t Belong and Why?

By D. G. Hart | Published: June 6, 2011

Warning: really, really shameless self-promotion. Bernard McGuirk, the executive producer of Imus in the Morning, did (and may still do) a bit in which he played Cardinal Egan and would ridicule Don Imus up one side and down the other in a thick Irish accent. His barbs were far more abusive than anything the host… Read More→

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The Gospel Coalition’s Thin-Skinned Long Arm

By D. G. Hart | Published: April 11, 2011

I did not see Kevin DeYoung’s post at his Gospel Coalition blog about confessionalism and pietism — and for good reason. Between the time you opened the page and blinked it was gone. (And it promised to be the first of a three-part series.) (UPDATE: For those old enough to remember the Tonight Show when… Read More→

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No Fooling: Only Two Weeks Left To Apply

By D. G. Hart | Published: April 1, 2011

OPC Summer Institute 2011 The Shiloh Retreat in Jefferson, New Hampshire, will be the site of the 2011 Orthodox Presbyterian Summer Institute, May 24-26, 2011. The Summer Institute offers a glimpse of ministry in the OPC through an intensive time of study, reflection, and conversation. These seminars are part of a broader strategy to reconnect… Read More→

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Desiring God or Faith in Christ?

By D. G. Hart | Published: March 3, 2011

I am falling behind on responses to the last post — the hazards of moving and orchestrating a relocation. TMI alert! But — dare I say — I am still leading family worship, pious Reformed Protestant that I try to be (TMI warning!), and this morning encountered the following from Martin Luther. It strikes me… Read More→

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The Spirituality of the Church at the Westminster California Conference on Machen

By D. G. Hart | Published: January 15, 2011

I had the wonderful opportunity to speak last night at the WSC conference, Christianity & Liberalism Revisted. My topic was “The Perennial Machen,” which I changed to “The Perennial Problem with Machen.” Since evangelicals, neo-Calvinists, and even secular do-gooders malign the doctrine of the spirituality of the church, I attempted in one point to explain… Read More→

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Now He’s Channeling DG

By D. G. Hart | Published: October 12, 2010

And I don’t mean Desiring God Ministries. Carl Trueman offers some preliminary thoughts on the Christianity Today feature story on Al Mohler. Trueman recognizes a potential trap in offering a response. If Mohler represents evangelicalism, then the born-again identity is really much smaller than the evangelical guardians at Christianity Today and the National Association of… Read More→

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It’s All About Bob

By D. G. Hart | Published: October 7, 2010

Godfrey that is. But actually, it’s also about Aimee and Updike. It in this case is Always Reformed: Essays in Honor of W. Robert Godfrey, the festschrift to honor Westminster California’s lovely and talented president (just released and available at the WSC bookstore). As readers may wonder after perusing the table of contents, when was… Read More→

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