Category Reformation21

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Back from America

I feel like I’ve been run over by a truck, whoever thought of flying someone over from the UK for a weekend should be shot. It’s been fantastic to be in Florida, for all my merciless mocking of the US…

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Totally predictable!!!

Just as I expected, the usual discernoholics, as I call them, will, I am sure, be writing to me at some point in the far-off distant future to complain about my invitation to Bishop Gantry to join me and my…

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New Conference

In light of the amazingly positive response that I know I am going to get to the launch of ME ME ME, I am delighted to announce a new conference, The Cuckoo’s Nest, where I will be just hanging out…

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Ministry Name Change

Convicted by Levy’s post of yesterday, the present First Lady and I are pleased to announce that we are changing the name of our organisation from Rodney Trotter Mission to the Cosmos Ministries to the Major Evangelistic Movement for the…

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Excuse me, Mr President

In the UK I’m pretty sure the only time you would use the term President of a Christian is in the context of a Christian Union, which is a student run group in a university. I suspect the only reason for…

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Debt, Democracy and Liberty

My friend and former boss Mark Johnston, who defected to the US in 2010 has written a ”letter from America” to Evangelicals Now regarding the Economy and American Churches. 

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Perspicuity Again: A Surrejoinder

My friend and ARP ministerial colleague, the Rev. Matt Miller, has responded over on the Aquilareport to my recent post here on “Perspicuity, Exegetical Populism, and Tolerance.”  I have no particular interest in getting into a public debate about young-earth…

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On being a naive literalist

THe last couple of days have seen classic Reformation 21 paradoxes. The combination of Carl Trueman putting the knife in to our multi site friends allied to Steve Nicholl’s subtle self promotion couched in ‘Start planning for Reformation Day’ (which is…

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A Hymn That Would Not Be Written Today

Reading (and watching) Dr. Trueman’s posts the past couple of days regarding rock star pastor Perry Noble (a disgrace to my hometown area of Greenville, SC), coupled with Dr. Eglinton’s excellent piece, reminded me of one of my favorite hymns…