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Carl Trueman

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Pictures of Lily

This article in Christianity Today is remarkable for a number of reasons, perhaps especially for the eloquent line, 'In a lot of ways, I considered Driscoll one of my pastors.' …

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The Clarity of MoS

One of the striking things about Bart Campolo's testimony to his loss of faith is the fact that it was the Bible’s teaching on the illegitimacy of homosexual acts which…

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Round and About

On the road this week, I've noticed some things worth reading/listening to over at Jon Master's den, A Place for Truth.  First, he is launching a new podcast, Theology on…

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Personhood: A Matter of Taste?

When is a person not a person and yet still a person at the same time?    Let me put the question another way.  If sexual ethics is increasingly built…

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What’s Happening at Notre Dame?

In the current struggles over identity politics and sexuality in the field of higher education (and indeed the church), we do well to hope that the Roman Catholics will hold…

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A Tale of Two Kingdoms

Some months ago, the Ref Pack earned the ire of the Beautiful People when we raised the issue of why a well-know organisation's view of cultural engagement seemed ineradicably middle…

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A Matter of Substance

Jonathan Merritt reports that evangelical ethicist David Gushee is now pro-LGBT.  The move will no doubt be greeted by some as a sign of cultural capitulation and a rejection of…

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In Haste

This week's podcast is up, in which the Ref Pack talk about the greatest Reformer of them all.  Further, anyone interested in catching a live videocast of a recording of…

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With Apologies to Disco Dan

A couple of weeks ago, I commended Dan Block's excellent book on worship and commented that it was one of the only things of which I was aware that addressed…