Christmas Illustrations (1)
It’s Christmas, a time for sharing, of giving to those who do not have and helping those less fortunate and gifted than you are. It is in this spirit that I am providing 3 of my best Christmas illustrations. I’ve stolen…
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Santa Said Knock You Out!
On this week’s Bully Pulpit episode of the Mortification of Spin, Carl, Todd, and I discuss a Christmas plea to fathers from John Denver (where I for some reason say 6 track instead of 8 track), the incarnation, and punching…
My Top Books From This Year
Over at Ref21 I have posted my favorite books from this year.
Paul and the Law
Brian S. Rosner, Paul and the Law: Keeping the Commandments of God. NSBT 31; Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity, 2013, 249 pp. $24.00. The apostle Peter famously said that “in all [Paul’s] letters … there are some things … that…
One of the Biggest Deterrents to Personal Evangelism
Recently, I published a book titled Words in Season: On Sharing the Hope that is Within Us. It is an introduction to sharing the good news of Christ that was birthed out of a Sunday school series. The book not…
A Sign of the Apocalypse?
Carl Trueman and Scott McKnight agree on something! Actually, I was not surprised. Dr. McKnight has written an excellent piece on Christian publishing and recent peculiar events concerning a certain evangelebrity.
The Mystery of the Incarnation
Many things in life fill us with wonder; our world is full of profound mysteries, but the greatest mystery of all is the mystery of the incarnation. One of the profoundest statements of this mystery is 1 Timothy 3:16: “And…
Welcome, Leon Brown!
We’re excited to announce the latest addition to our blog team here at ref21, Rev. Leon Brown. He is a husband, father, pastor, and author. His recently published Words in Season: On Sharing the Hope that is Within Us. He…
The Bald and the Beautiful
The Rev. Jeremy Gradgrind’s anti-Santa polemic will have to await the next Mortification of Spin to receive its due reward, unless ‘Nunchucks’ catches him first. Awful — all those children out there unable to distinguish fact from fiction and…
The Bald and the Beautiful
The Rev. Jeremy Gradgrind’s anti-Santa polemic will have to await the next Mortification of Spin to receive its due reward, unless ‘Nunchucks’ catches him first. Awful — all those children out there unable to distinguish fact from fiction and…