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Paul Levy

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Biography, Barnes and Brevity

The new Ref 21 policy of needing to write an essay for the simplest of blog posts and ‘why use 10 words when 10,000 will do’ has left most of…

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Saturday conferences

I detest Saturday conferences. I mean it; there are few things worse than slogging your guts out all week and getting to Friday and the horrible realisation dawns on you that…

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Christmas Illustrations (3)

Tim Keller – I have either heard or read Tim Keller give this illustration but haven’t been able to source it. I know that can get you into all sorts…

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Christmas Illustrations (2)

CJ Mahaney (remember him!) writing in John Piper’s Festschrift ‘For the Fame of God’s name’, Crossway, p386   ”In 2007, the Washington Post organised an experiment. During the morning rush…

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Christmas Illustrations (1)

It’s Christmas, a time for sharing, of giving to those who do not have and helping those less fortunate and gifted than you are. It is in this spirit that I…

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Big Jim on Pilgrim’s Progress

As a follow up to my post on Pilgrim’s Progress, I’ve been reminded of this post from our good friend Justin Taylor. Ref21 and Gospel Coalition working together for a…

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Pilgrim’s Progress

Few things depress me as much as how few Christians read Pilgrim’s Progress. I fear that a generation are growing up in churches without knowing this remarkable book. I’ve often wondered about…