Free grace
Preparing to preach tomorrow, I came across these stirring words in a suprising place: 1. All the blessings which God hath bestowed upon man are of his mere grace, bounty,…
Jeremy Walker
Disappearing into the sunset of another brave new world
The credits roll. The hero and/or heroine (fling in a plural or two as appropriate) mount their horses, or link their arms, or climb aboard, or do something else redolent…
Trueman on Luther
No, not Carl’s triumphant return to provide a window into the mind of “Luther” Levy, but rather the celebrity anti-celebrity’s latest offering, considering Luther on the Christian Life (Crossway, arriving…
New lenses
Returning from labours overseas, especially with limited internet access (and most of that devoted to communication with the family), means returning to Reformation21 with a somewhat fresh perspective. A survey…
The privilege of dangerous seasons
You will doubtless have heard on a number of occasions those who bewail the present day. I admit to having limited sympathy with those who argue that we are living…
Not quite Charlie Hebdo
It is not particularly surprising but it is disappointing. Furthermore, it is dangerous. It is in some respects the typical kneejerk reaction to current events (by which I mean events…
A musical query
I have not been really keeping up recently, but I was interested to read Leon’s musings on music in the church planting situation. Passing over a number of other stimulating…
Living in Athens
A couple of times a month, as God enables us, the church which I serve attempts to proclaim the gospel in the centre of our town, preaching in the open…
Doing and being
It is too easy to make our witness to Christ programmatic and mechanical. There is no doubt that some measure of order and organisation is often profitable. There are many…
Shoehorning
It may have been ever thus, but there seem to be an increasing number of books – often from the fields of biblical or systematic theology – that present themselves…