A word to the unwise
It seems that my old sparring partner, CRT, has earned the ire of Scotland’s Free Presbyterians who, while essentially agreeing with much of his analysis of the Lloyd-Jones/Packer split, offer…
Rodney Trotter
Two news items
First, as reported to me by Scott Clark, Dame Helen Mirren has made an appeal to Hollywood to stop portraying the British as evil villains here. Sorry, Helen, some of…
Bavinck Conference
An Edinburgh taxi driver, James Kerr, of Simple Minds Cabs, Morningside, has asked Ref21 to bring readers’ attention to the upcoming Herman Bavinck conference at New College. Details can be…
Sign of the end times (not)
Rumor has it that there was a minor panic across the Bible belt this morning when a number of pastors focused on this story as a sign that Matthew 24:15…
When male grooming was irrelevant
I will ignore that upstart Smith’s semigerontophobic rant, which merely reinforces the hegemonic dominance of youth, and his stating of the obvious (Of course, I want to define the universe! …
Contextualisation
To contextualise Jeremy’s comments for miserable middle aged men like Trueman for whom New Kids on the Block and the Spice Girls are completely unknown quantities, `It’s a bit like…
Well fancy that!
The Knights of St Columbus, a Catholic organisation, have just released the results of a survey of young Americans. The good news is that 85% of young Catholics believe in…
A Taxi Driver Speaks……
Given all the blog furore of the last 24 hours, we at Ref21, in the interest of hearing what the ordinary man in the street thinks of Wheaton’s appointment of…
Feel His Pain
Trueman is too hurt by Justin’s link to criticism of Rachel Maddow to respond himself, and so asks simply that we feel his hurt as he processes the pain. And…
Iguanamen Infiltrate the OPC
It seems Trueman spoke truth when he alluded to an invasion of the Iguanamen in his recent `Thank God for Bandit Country.’ Here is proof positive that his own denomination…