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…
On this week’s MoS, we are trying to do what we always do: preserving the old ways from being abused, protecting the new ways, for me and for you. That sort of thing. In this remarkable age, where emoting in…
On this week’s MoS, we are trying to do what we always do: preserving the old ways from being abused, protecting the new ways, for me and for you. That sort of thing. In this remarkable age, where emoting in…
As the brouhaha concerning antinomianism continues to develop, with fallout in various spheres, it is sad to see the vagueness, brutality and confusion that seems to spring up in its wake, more or less prevalent and evident depending on the…
A few things coming up . . . First, today and tomorrow is the Grace Baptist Assembly, meeting in the wilds of Derbyshire, on the theme of “Building Healthy Churches.” I am a reasonably last minute replacement for Alun McNabb,…
It’s Wacky Wednesday again, which means Carl, Todd, and I have another Mortification of Spin Bully Pulpit edition for you. This week, we play the coffee snobs while discussing the role social media has played on our sense of privacy.…
A loyal Ref21 reader recently made me aware of this shameless example of self-promotion:
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…
As a church planter, numbers can often be a consuming topic. Without numbers, or “butts in the seats” as some say, you cannot launch a church plant. Therefore it is a constant prayer of mine, as well as those in…
Given the furore surrounding the issue of sanctification, I want to take the debate out of the lecture theatre and the partisan point scoring by asking a pointedly practical question: How do you pastor people engaged in serious repeated sin? …
