Good News for the Black Country
Has anything good come out of the Black Country? Ok, it did provide us with Slade and some of the great heavy metal bands of the 70s, and Tolkien with the original for Mordor. But has anything happened since then? …
Category Postcards from Palookaville
No Sex Please, I’m British
In light of my recent post on Ed Young’s risible `sexperiment’, a friend asked me this week about the current trend among some pastors for referring to sexual matters in graphic detail in books and sermons. Having been rightly rebuked…
No Sex Please, I’m British
In light of my recent post on Ed Young’s risible `sexperiment’, a friend asked me this week about the current trend among some pastors for referring to sexual matters in graphic detail in books and sermons. Having been rightly rebuked…
Class, Simeon and Suffering
Two new books have come out in the UK which do not seem as yet to be available in the USA. One is edited by my old Aberdeen colleague, Brian Rosner, and is a collection of essays on the cross…
Class, Simeon and Suffering
Two new books have come out in the UK which do not seem as yet to be available in the USA. One is edited by my old Aberdeen colleague, Brian Rosner, and is a collection of essays on the cross…
How Many Hats??
In trying to write a brief summary of the Refusenik21 writing experience this year, especially as it relates to commentary on events out there in Christian la la land, I have found myself reminded of the fact that some things…
How Many Hats??
In trying to write a brief summary of the Refusenik21 writing experience this year, especially as it relates to commentary on events out there in Christian la la land, I have found myself reminded of the fact that some things…
Revitalising Your Pastoral Life!
Congregational life getting just a bit so-so and routine? Has that electricity that marked your call when you were first installed at your current charge gone flat? Worried that the eyes of your congregation may be starting to wander flirtatiously…
Revitalising Your Pastoral Life!
Congregational life getting just a bit so-so and routine? Has that electricity that marked your call when you were first installed at your current charge gone flat? Worried that the eyes of your congregation may be starting to wander flirtatiously…
Living in Interesting Times
For those who have not seen it, friend John Starke has an interesting and important article over at the Gospel Coalition about a legal situation facing his church and others in the New York area. This is a matter worthy…