Month February 2008

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Death of History?

Justin T brought this article to my attention (funny how I missed it — Fox News being, after the Comedy Channel, my favourite source of credible news stories): I believe that a similar proportion of Ref21 readers think Derek…

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Washington D.C.

I will be out of pocket until Friday. Karen and I have the wonderful opportunity to attend the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington. It should be an interesting time. I look forward to posting on the events this weekend.

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Let’s Get Acquainted

Reformation 21 is an online magazine (ezine) created to serve, edify, and educate Christians by presenting an authoritative reformed perspective, while embracing various denominational positions, on a variety of relevant historic matters, current issues, and thoughtful positions that inform, inspire,…

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Carter, Clinton, & Chaos

Recently,thousands of liberal Baptists (not the funnest group of folks) gathered in Atlanta, Georgia to celebrate the fact that they are not Southern Baptists. Anyway, former presidents Carter and Clinton made good on their threat to no longer be Southern…

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Reformed Worship

A second edition of Terry Johnson’s Reformed Worship has just been printed by Reformed Academic Press. Copies may be obtained directly from First Presbyterian Church, Jackson (Nicholasr@fpcjackson.org). No one has written anything better on reformed worship in the last fifty…

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Paul Tripp at Metro East

On April 4th and 5th Metro East will be pleased to host Paul Tripp. His seminar, “Marriage: There Really is a Better Way” promises to be outstanding. Paul Tripp is a noted author, lecturer, and preacher. His books are well…

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In The Beginning

This is an exellent forum on the importance of the doctrine of creation from the Southern Baptist Journal of Theology ().

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Noah for Grown-ups

This morning I preached from Genesis 6:9-22. It is the opening of the flood narrative. I prefer “flood narrative” to “Noah and the Ark” because the later has taken on the aura of a children’s fable. It has become the…

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From rehab

Having checked myself into rehab late last night, suffering from severe emotional distress, I now feel able to respond to Del Boy’s crowing. First, I call on Parliament to declare the next four weeks a period of national mourning.  In…