After the week was over
Regular readers ofRef21 will know that, in times of darkness, of deep personal hurt, of needing to be in that quiet place while I rest briefly from my journey, I often draw strength from reflecting on the wisdom of that…
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The Refuge of a Friend
Okay, one more post from Stephen Nichols’ Bonhoeffer on the Christian Life ought to do it. This one is a brief rabbit trail on friendship which I found very inspiring. It immediately followed the description of Bonhoeffer’s Thursday Circles: We…
Where the Sanctification Controversy Lies
The long-simmering controversy over the doctrine of sanctification has heated up considerably lately, especially with The Gospel Coalition’s removal of Tullian Tchividjian’s blog from its website. Tullian has taken to the media and yesterday in an interview made the comment…
Can questions be slanderous?
I do not usually respond to criticism but it has been so fast and furious this week, culminating in an accusation of slander from a famous pastor, that I feel a few brief words are in order. First, I should…
Can questions be slanderous?
I do not usually respond to criticism but it has been so fast and furious this week, culminating in an accusation of slander from a famous pastor, that I feel a few brief words are in order. First, I should…
Crack Pipes, Ouija Boards, and the PCA: Then and Now
If these statistics are accurate, as a high school drop-out I may have cost the American people some $200,000 “in lost earnings, taxes, and productivity.” Humanly speaking, I am the product of a passionate evening between two people and a…
Another try
Before conspiracy theories spiral, here is another shot at my earlier post. As Big Calvinism plunges into recrimination and PR chaos, Jonathan Merritt offers some thoughts on the new Calvinist movement as a whole. The article is thought-provoking in many…
Another try
Before conspiracy theories spiral, here is another shot at my earlier post. As Big Calvinism plunges into recrimination and PR chaos, Jonathan Merritt offers some thoughts on the new Calvinist movement as a whole. The article is thought-provoking in many…
Making a spectacle of ourselves…
This is what Carl has to say about the latest Mortification of Spin: Bully Pulpit: In this remarkable age, where emoting in public comes as standard, where all disagreement is taken personally and requires online histrionics, and where the boundaries…
A Few More Questions
Derek Thomas proposed a question at the PCRT conference a couple weeks ago in his talk titled “The Holy Christian Life.” It has been ringing through my ears as I’ve been reading about and discussing this sanctification debate in Reformed…