Category Reformation21

Frank Turk received his MA in Literature in English from St. Bonaventure University, and years later became a Christian in the basement of his parents’ house one night while contemplating suicide. He’s married to a woman who’s much smarter than…

People who have an excellent understanding of the Scriptures really impress me. If there’s one thing I detest, besides Manchester United, it’s Bible studies or theological discussions where the Scriptures function like the crumbs in a bag of chips: you…

Offline eighteen days and Trueman vanishes from the site, Turk takes on Jones’s and Levy’s presbyterianism, and I miss “Deviant Calvinism week.” Conspiracy theorists (and perhaps certain biblical theology practitioners) might discern a theme, but enough about what everyone else is…

In response to a mortifying podcast on patriarchal abuse, from certain former Ref21 bloggers, let me just say a word or two about the very stupid idea that husbands can beat their wives. I knew someone once who told me…

“The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose” (NASB). It is not entirely obvious who the parties (“sons of God” and “daughters of men”) to the historical…

I was privileged today to have lunch with a Republican US Senator at a small gathering of evangelical pastors.  It was quite enjoyable to interact with a politician who has absolutely no fears of losing his election and therefore is…

This is not about Mark Driscoll, though it is prompted by a few notes being sounded (not by him, as far as I am aware) with regard to his resignation letter, and the circumstances surrounding it. First, pastoral qualification is…

What’s this? Carl’s gone but there’s a new guy on Ref21? He sounds familiar… from somewhere. Yes, I’m British. English actually. Which apparently makes me sound about 20% more intelligent than I really am, to some Americans. I should move…