Category Reformation21

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What Time Is It?

What hath cyber Monday to do with eternity?  For starters, yesterday offered a $2 billion glimpse into where America’s treasure is being stored up (cf. Matt 6:19-21). But the fact that mobile devices have become the purchasing organ of choice…

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The fourth wall

Angus T. Jones, one of the stars of American sitcom Two and a Half Men, has gone online to explain that he no longer wants to participate in the show, describing its contents as “filth,” as reported by the BBC.…

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Are you too introspective?

Over at the Gospel Coalition, Trevin Wax has warned us against what he calls the Puritan paralysis: that crippling, morbid self-analysis – what Mr Wax calls hyper-introspection – that directs all our spiritual attention toward self and our efforts rather…

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New Book on Calvin’s Polish Connections

Our friend and fellow contributor, Dr. Dariusz Brycko alerted us to this very important work on Calvin. Dr. Brycko writes: “I have the privilege of volunteering as international secretary at the University of Warsaw’s Committee on the Reformation in Poland…

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5 not so great things about America

Fearing being tarred with the Levy brush and seeing potential preaching tours to the US disappear I see Jeremy has distanced himself from my observations before even hearing them. In the true spirit of Ref 21 whose strapline reads ‘encouraging…

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Techno-tools

A couple of recommendations for helpful techno-tools that I appreciate: many of you will know of and use these, but for the few who don’t . . . Dropbox. This is great. Doubtless there are other versions, but this is…

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How to lose friends and alienate people

Most of us manage to annoy someone from time to time. Writing on a platform like Reformation21 gives us unusual scope for this, extending our capacity somewhat. However, I have just read Mr Levy promising us five less-than-great things about…