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Science and St Helen’s

St Helen’s Bishopsgate have produced a series of short videos on Science and the Christian named ‘Science – A personal view’. Various scientists from their congregation address common questions and misconceptions outsiders have regarding the gospel. This is an excellent…

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Colin Buchanan – A True Celebrity

Colin Buchanan is, to my son and countless other kids like him, the equivalent of what John Piper is to Christian hedonists, Gresham Machen is to the OPC and John Stott is to English public schoolboys. The kid absolutely loves…

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Never a Bad Sunday on Twitter

I’ve been in blogging rehab the last few weeks and so have turned my attention to Twitter, that other marvellous form of modern communication. We set up a church account to give out announcements and so far it’s been a…

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Clarity and discretion

When the New Testament deals with sexual morality, it does so unfailing clarity and reassuring discretion. Take, as an example, the instruction of the apostle in 1 Thessalonians 4: Finally then, brethren, we urge and exhort in the Lord Jesus…

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Reading Luther Not Wisely But Well: Part One

Martin Luther is perhaps the single most important thinker for Protestants. Not that he is the greatest theologian, exegete or even role model. There are other, more qualified candidates for each of those titles. He is, however, the original agenda…

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Reading Luther Not Wisely But Well: Part One

Martin Luther is perhaps the single most important thinker for Protestants. Not that he is the greatest theologian, exegete or even role model. There are other, more qualified candidates for each of those titles. He is, however, the original agenda…

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Review: “The Public Ministry of Christ”

The Public Ministry of ChristWilliam G. Blaikie This volume, first published in 1883, bridges the disciplines of Christology and pastoral theology, and its author will need no commendation to those who value Scriptural studies that blend scholarship and devotion. Blaikie’s…

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Preaching Christ

A last snippet, for now, from Thomas Foxcroft’s The Gospel Ministry once more, fairly early on in his sermon, exhorting himself and other ministers to preach Jesus in every sense: Ministers then must study to feed their flocks with a…

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Trueman Debate Video

Since Trueman’s assent to stardom as Augustine redivivus, the requests for copies of the debate have almost crashed our server. Ok, so maybe that’s a bit of an embellishment, but either way you can watch the debate here: Part 1: …