Robert Traill’s advice to men of God striving to be faithful and longing to be fruitful: Take heed unto thyself, that thou be a lively thriving Christian. See that all thy religion run not in the channel of thy employment.…
The archives of the Affinity Theological Journal have been made available on their website dating back to 1978. There’s 30 years worth of excellent material, Derek Thomas makes his first appearance in November 1980 with ‘Jehovah-Jesus: Touched With the Feelings…
My father dug this hymn up for me, I can’t remember seeing it before. It’s an Isaac Watts number written in common metre, Indelible Grace have butchered, I mean remastered it here if you fancy your tunes a little more…
Anselm Mulliner is a character in one of P. G. Wodehouse’s short stories, entitled “Anselm Gets His Chance,” available in the collection Eggs, Beans and Crumpets (US), for those interested. Anselm is curate of the parish of Rising Mattock in…
I have a two week old daughter who’s sleeping pattern is not particularly great but I can testify that at 4 O clock this morning an interview with Derek Thomas at the Reformed Forum knocked her out for four hours.…
Editors’ note: A summary of the incident referred to by Dr. Oliphint can be found here. Richard Dawkins, who is arguably the (non-existent) god of all things atheist, recently found himself on the wrong end of a verbal baseball bat.…
As Christians in the UK and elsewhere engage in discussion among themselves and with civil authorities about the nature of marriage, it seems that many are concerned that such battles are indicative or even productive of a coming judgement. It…
When I was a young Christian I was given the advice of reading an evangelistic book regularly. It’s good for the soul and I think one of the benefits is it keeps reminding you of the simplicity of the gospel…
Last year we went through the Heidelberg Catechism each Sunday as our confession of faith. People loved it and lots bought Kevin Deyoung’s book ‘The good news we almost forgot’. I recently got sent ‘The Quest for Comfort – the…
If you wanted evidence of the cruel intelligence and brutal vindictiveness of the Adversary, ask a preacher about the coincidence of his preparations and temptations. You will begin to understand why it was that Luther flung an inkpot at the…
