July 2025 – Phil's Scribblings
1 post published by Phil Cotnoir during July 2025| Phil's Scribblings
1 post published by Phil Cotnoir during July 2025| Phil's Scribblings
Dave Barry, true to form, made fun of himself and almost everything else in his memoir. I’ve enjoyed Barry’s writing on and off over the years as I’ve come across it. This book, l…| Phil's Scribblings
For some reason I was expecting this to be a popular-level book on the topic. Instead, like Unseen Realm, it was a substantive work of scholarship that delved deeply into the academic literature. T…| Phil's Scribblings
1 post published by Phil Cotnoir during June 2025| Phil's Scribblings
The opening chapter of Samuel Parkison’s ‘To Gaze Upon God’ — a work of theological retrieval for evangelicals on the beatific vision — makes a striking argument. Park…| Phil's Scribblings
“Marriage is a duel to the death which no man of honour should decline.” – G. K. Chesterton Photo by Sandy Millar on Unsplash There is something rotten in the state of the relation between th…| Phil's Scribblings
A Response to Christianity Today’s recent article, which featured a subversive argument, a spirit of revisionist speculation, and evinced poor editorial stewardship. Correction: In a previous…| Phil's Scribblings
I’ve had this book on my radar for some years, but until now haven’t found the opportunity to read it. I was happy to find a copy in a library and pick it up. As a novice in the field o…| Phil's Scribblings
I haven’t read very much by Francis Schaeffer, so I was glad to come across this handsome reprint by Crossway, a publisher who continues to impress with the aesthetic and editorial quality of their books. And I came across it while browsing in a local library in Southwest Florida – something that I feel quite … Continue reading Philosophy for the People – A Review of Francis Schaeffer’s ‘He is There and He is Not Silent’→| Phil's Scribblings
This book is a brief survey of the history of Heritage College & Seminary, with a chapter devoted to Central Baptist Seminary, another to London Baptist Bible College & Seminary, and then f…| Phil's Scribblings
Somehow I have never read ‘Miracles’ until now. I listened to it, narrated by a very good narrator, and really enjoyed it. Lewis’ prose is so striking and memorable – but why? It is a s…| Phil's Scribblings
Back in 2022, I read an interesting little book called The Everlasting People. I wrote up a brief review on Goodreads and then went on with my life. And then I got a reply from the author, gently p…| Phil's Scribblings
I wrote in June that I’d done an interview with Justin Brierley for his documentary-style podcast, The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God. There is a book by the same name which I discussed …| Phil's Scribblings
Here is one of the quintessential 20th-century novels. Often assigned to college students as an introduction to Existentialism, it is the story (quoting from the back of the book now) “an ord…| Phil's Scribblings
Things have been quiet here at the blog, you might have noticed. Life has its way of crowding in and getting busy, doesn’t it? Work has been a couple notches busier than normal, and then I al…| Phil's Scribblings
