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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T-t-t-talkin’ Bout My Generation (But Thinking About the One After Next)
The Greek historian Herodotus tells the story of an encounter between Croesus, the fantastically wealthy king of Lydia, and the Athenian sage and lawmaker, Solon. Pointing to his wealth and power, Croesus asked Solon if he considered him to be…
T-t-t-talkin’ Bout My Generation (But Thinking About the One After Next)
The Greek historian Herodotus tells the story of an encounter between Croesus, the fantastically wealthy king of Lydia, and the Athenian sage and lawmaker, Solon. Pointing to his wealth and power, Croesus asked Solon if he considered him to be…
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…
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…
Outstanding deal on “A Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life”
While I hope to offer a review of Beeke & Jones on the Puritans in the not-too-distant future, let’s just say that my exposure so far would make it the height of churlishness not to let you know that Amazon.com…
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…
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…
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…
5 great things about America
I’ve been in the US for the past two weeks travelling round on a world domination tour trying to raise funds for a new building project. I don’t understand much of what has been said to me and I know…