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Always a two man

Derek is a two man, Sinclair is a two man, Ligon is a two man, CJ Mahaney has always got both hands in the air.   All the greats were two men. Apparently Carl hasn’t always been a one man…

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Benedictions: One Hand or Two?

A small battle is starting to rage offline between Levy and Trueman as to how many hands are needed to pronounce the benediction at the end of the service.  Trueman is a one-hand man, Levy a two.   Apparently, Levy…

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A Most Surprising ARP Synod Meeting

I approached the 2011 meeting of the ARP General Synod with trepidation.  As I have argued here, the ARP Church has recently been in the throes of an ecclesiological crisis.  Fallout from the unsuccessful attempt to replace the existing Erskine…

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The Vatican Files N. 3

Papa dixit.  The recent interview with Benedict XVI  [Editor’s Note:] This is the third of a series on Roman Catholicism in the 21st century. A new entry in the series should follow every three weeks]. If you were given the…

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On Listening to Thin Lizzy

(and reading Frank Schaeffer) As I read Frank Schaeffer’s latest book, I kept hearing the sound of Thin Lizzy’s `The Boys Are Back In Town’ playing in my head.  Why, I wondered, was I being haunted at this moment by…

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On Listening to Thin Lizzy

(and reading Frank Schaeffer) As I read Frank Schaeffer’s latest book, I kept hearing the sound of Thin Lizzy’s `The Boys Are Back In Town’ playing in my head.  Why, I wondered, was I being haunted at this moment by…

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Ralph Davis on church life

Ralph Davis is as good a preacher as it gets, if he writes it you should read it. I love the bones of the man. He was speaking in Australia recently where he was interviewed, you can read the whole thing here but…

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Sinclair on unction

There’s a fascinating point 20 mins in to the Sinclair interview where David Meredith asks him about unction in preaching. Unction is like a wet bar of soap when people try to define it, growing up in Wales there were…

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Sinclair Interview

David Meredith affectionately known as ”Megadeath” to his friends interviews Sinclair Ferguson here. He’s also interviewed Helen Roseveare – both are well worth watching.   Smithton’s website is fantastic when our church grows up I want it to have a website…