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Missing the point

I confess to having no clue that Vicar Gatiss was setting out to lampoon my post on Wesley, although I did find the mockery of style confusing. I fear he rather missed the point of my post as much as…

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Wesley and Catholics Together

Oh yes, I almost forgot. Those quotes which I gave last week – I should mention the sources, for I am certain that no-one has guessed their origins. The first three were from Vatican II. The last three from the…

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A Hymn for Communion

I’ve been preaching on Corporate Worship and last week got to the Lord’s Supper, after preaching and before the supper we sang this hymn by Alec Motyer, the Old Testament scholar.  I’d never seen it before but it is outstanding…

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ECT and Ref21 (a personal counterpoint)

On this blog, fellow contributor Jeremy Walker has offered a “rapid response” protest of the first installment, by Timothy George, of a three-part series on the twentieth anniversary of the founding of Evangelicals and Catholics Together. In doing so, Walker…

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Moralizing our Children?

As I think about Ephesians 6:1-3, a number of questions come to mind concerning the way I treat my children (ages: 4, 4, 7, 9).  This post does not in fact aim to raise a challenge to Baptists, but rather…

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Registering a protest

For what it is worth, and taking account of the fact that the series has yet to run its course, I would like publicly to distance myself from the stance that has been taken in the recent articles on Evangelicals…

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Pastor’s Dog Appreciation Day

Ref21 is really proud to sponsor this new campaign. Pastor’s Dogs have their own unique set of challenges and pressure that only they can know about. There are normal dogs and even Christian Dogs but none can understand what the…