Jakes: A Helpful Book Survey
Thanks to the great and the good (both the vocal and, more worryingly, the strangely silent), I am sure many pastors of churches will now have to waste a lot of valuable time reading the works of T D Jakes…
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A resting, restless faith…
Ultimately, in the deepest sense, for Paul “our good works” are not ours, but God’s. They are his work begun and continuing in us, his being “at work in us, both to will and to do what please him” (Phil.…
On asking better questions…
The latest gathering of the Elephant Room is now history. It stirred up no small amount of controversy. James MacDonald’s decision to host prosperity preacher T.D. Jakes, whose views on the Trinity have been murky at best, was greeted with…
Do You Beat Your Wife?
A number of Ref21 readers have emailed and asked me to comment on the Elephant Room. To be honest, Frank Turk, over at TeamPyro, has expressed what thoughts I do have but better than I could have done so. One…
Do You Beat Your Wife?
A number of Ref21 readers have emailed and asked me to comment on the Elephant Room. To be honest, Frank Turk, over at TeamPyro, has expressed what thoughts I do have but better than I could have done so. One…
It woz the Librarian wot done it!
My attempt to trigger class warfare by blaming the English public school system for the popularity of annihilationism seems to have worked, with a mass rising of the OBN and the OST to protest my thesis. Indeed, Pete Sanlon…
It woz the Librarian wot done it!
My attempt to trigger class warfare by blaming the English public school system for the popularity of annihilationism seems to have worked, with a mass rising of the OBN and the OST to protest my thesis. Indeed, Pete Sanlon…
Stott, Empire and Class Warfare
Anglican theologian, Pete Sanlon, recently sat down with Dr. Alister Chapman to talk about the latter’s new book on the life and ministry of John Stott. The interview is now available here. With all of the uncritical adulation that…
Stott, Empire and Class Warfare
Anglican theologian, Pete Sanlon, recently sat down with Dr. Alister Chapman to talk about the latter’s new book on the life and ministry of John Stott. The interview is now available here. With all of the uncritical adulation that…
The Iron Lady: A Truly Meaningful Film
Watching The Iron Lady was a strangely emotional experience. As for anyone who came of age in eighties Britain, the formative years of my life were dominated by the presence of Mrs Thatcher. The riots of 81, the Maze hunger…