Tomorrow’s promise, today’s indulgence
The new year is not far away. That is when we will being that new regime of diet and exercise, start taking our health more seriously, get a grip on ourselves, whip ourselves into shape, and so on. Tomorrow is…
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Scandal Rocks Ref21 Book List!
December 19, 2014 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Although originally unavailable for comment, Bruce Baugus (pictured here), editor of China’s Reforming Churches, explained in an exclusive interview with Ref21 News that he was “honored” to be included on Mark Jones’s highly anticipated year-end…
The Accident of Two Legs
We come now to the last of our Ten Tenets. The Ten Tenets are these: The faith that we are defending must begin with, and necessarily include, the Triune God — Father, Son and Holy Spirit — who, as God,…
The Accident of Two Legs
We come now to the last of our Ten Tenets. The Ten Tenets are these: The faith that we are defending must begin with, and necessarily include, the Triune God — Father, Son and Holy Spirit — who, as God,…
The Top Ten Books that I Read in 2014
This is the time of year when book lists come out. Mine is a little less ambitious than others in part because I don’t try to confine my reading to what is new. Sometimes I go on “kicks” where I’ll…
2014: The Year of Atheist Spirituality?
Several years ago, while on vacation, I bought a quirky little book by the French philosopher André Comte-Sponville entitled The Little Book of Atheist Spirituality. Though I knew no work quite like it, the idea the author developed, that atheists…
Favorite Books of 2014
Systematic Theology Vol. 2 by Douglas Kelly This is my pick for “Book of the Year.” I love the way Dr. Kelly writes. The second volume in his Systematic Theology is beautifully written and well ordered. It is theology the…
Interstellar
At the end of one of Christopher Nolan’s most memorable films, The Prestige, one of the duelling magicians, Robert Angier, lies dying, and reproaches his rival, “You never understood why we did this. The audience knows the truth: the world…
Ref21 Top Ten Books That Will Never Make A Top Ten Books List
10. Omnes in Adam, by Aaron Denlinger. Absolutely essential reading if you feel as though you need to know more about Ambrogio Catarino’s Doctrine of Covenantal Solidarity and Its Influence on Post-Reformation Reformed Theologians. 9. Reformed Orthodoxy in Scotland, edited by Aaron…
Battered Pastors
This week's Mortification of Spin: Bully Pulpit addresses the issue of battered pastors. Having gone through an experience of battering for several years, it is a topic near and dear to my heart. Take time to listen to the discussion…