I found the below in Newton’s letters, although he is advocating the established church in preference to independancy, his point will ring bells for all ministers. ”That sovereign power, which the Independents assume over their ministers, appears to me too…
[For our weekly newsletter, the past two weeks I have shared with my congregation lessons that I learned from hiking Half Dome in Yosemite at the end of August. I thought these things might be helpful to our Ref21 readers.]…
Preaching through John’s gospel, I have paused to meditate upon the person and work of John the Baptist. Here was one who came as a “witness, to bear witness about the Light” (Jn 1:6). Consistently (1:7, 14, 20) we are…
Preaching through John’s gospel, I have paused to meditate upon the person and work of John the Baptist. Here was one who came as a “witness, to bear witness about the Light” (Jn 1:6). Consistently (1:7, 14, 20) we are…
In a previous post (and here), I noted how sophisticated, Reformed evangelicals are both disclaiming the arrogance of Enlightenment rationalism and skirting the bottomless pit of postmodern relativism, contending that total human objectivity is an illusion and postmodernism is intellectual quicksand.…
This book has inspired me to write letters. Newton was the wise old sage to Ryland the young buck. There are 83 letters spanning over 30 years. It’s terrific stuff. It’s a joy to see that, even in the 18th century,…
I read Parker T. Williamson’s latest editorial on the continuing mainline Presbyterian crisis with interest. As most of us are aware, the progressive wing of the PCUSA finally succeeded earlier this year in removing the “fidelity and chastity” language from the…
In a recent post, I noted just how easy it is to pick up hermeneutical tools that are ill-suited for handling Scripture, if indeed Scripture is the Spirit-breathed, self-attesting Word of the sovereign, triune God. Like taking toy blocks and…
Further to my blog (below) about the Vitco’s CD on the Children’s Shorter Catechism, I have now been given a URL to a site where the CD will cost around $7 less. Sorry to those who have already purchased one.…
