Derek Thomas

It was forty years ago today (December 28, 1971) that I became a Christian. My conversion was Saul-like: sudden, unexpected, and decisive. I was eighteen, a freshman at university studying…

Zeal for Godliness Devotional Meditations from Calvin’s Institutes (Evangelical Press) The year-long series of blog entries taken from Calvin’s Institutes on Ref21 during 2009 is now available as a book.…

On Wednesday and Thursday of this week, Cumberland Valley Bible Book Service have their annual book sale. I am informed of an additional 10% off already discounted prices. Thus, David…

Reformation & Liberation Rediscovering the Legacy of the Reformers A Banner of Truth Reformation Day Conference Friday, October 28, 2011 6.30pm – 9.30pm Proclamation Presbyterian Church 278 South Bryn Mawr…

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Further to my blog (below) about the Vitco’s CD on the Children’s Shorter Catechism, I have now been given a URL to a site where the CD will cost around…

Teach Them the Faith CD by Dan and Karen Vitco Dan and Karen Vitco of Matthews, North Carolina, have produced this wonderful CD for young children based on the Shorter…

Del informs me that Trotter has been “rapping” again. This time, on the Trinity. He’s teamed up with Colin Buchanan, the Australian musician and lover of Reformed doctrine on a…

A lengthy obituary of John Stott has appeared in the British newspaper, The Daily Telegraph. See here.

“Any theology which cannot be communicated as gospel is of minimal value.” So wrote John Stott (Culture and the Bible [IVP, 1981], 38). And as I now think about the…