The news was buzzing yesterday with stories of the apparent infringement of religious freedom in Houston. Ed Whelan offered a report on events in the National Review Online and Mark Movsesian today provided a characteristically nuanced legal account at First…
I was privileged today to have lunch with a Republican US Senator at a small gathering of evangelical pastors. It was quite enjoyable to interact with a politician who has absolutely no fears of losing his election and therefore is…
This is not about Mark Driscoll, though it is prompted by a few notes being sounded (not by him, as far as I am aware) with regard to his resignation letter, and the circumstances surrounding it. First, pastoral qualification is…
What’s this? Carl’s gone but there’s a new guy on Ref21? He sounds familiar… from somewhere. Yes, I’m British. English actually. Which apparently makes me sound about 20% more intelligent than I really am, to some Americans. I should move…
This is Deviant Calvinism week. The author of this new book is Oliver Crisp and I’m delighted and incredibly grateful that he has taken the time to be pestered with some questions about this work. We have also provided a…
This is Deviant Calvinism week. The author of this new book is Oliver Crisp and I’m delighted and incredibly grateful that he has taken the time to be pestered with some questions about this work. We have also provided a…
While doing my MA in historical and dogmatic theology I had a very neat (i.e., narrow) understanding of the Reformed tradition. I typically thought in these categories: Reformed versus Arminian; Reformed versus Socinian; Reformed versus Roman Catholicism; etc. But as…
Since we’ve spent some time defining the reality of domestic abuse and the devastating effects this abuse has on its victims, now let’s turn to the abuser. Who is the abuser? As we mentioned in the last article, statistics point…
Since we’ve spent some time defining the reality of domestic abuse and the devastating effects this abuse has on its victims, now let’s turn to the abuser. Who is the abuser? As we mentioned in the last article, statistics point…
We only need to read the headlines in the morning paper or turn on the evening news to have confirmed what we already know to be true, suffering is an ever-present companion in this world. As a result of the…
