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Each Easter week, the media reminds us that it, too, operates by a church calendar of sorts, returning like a carousel at this time of year to spin out a spate of speculative stories about the life of the human…

I knew I should have left Carl alone!  I knew I was making a mistake.  Thirty-two seconds after my original post he responded with a 55-point rebuttal.  The man has more counter-points at the ready than Amilda Marcos had shoes……

Not wishing to interrupt Carl and Thabiti – ‘Hear no evil and See no evil’. I remember reading this about Schaeffer and VIP treatment On another but related note our congregation is about to be launch out on a building…

Who in their right minds would do a little “push back” with Carl Trueman??? Okay, there’s my disclaimer.  Right up front: I’m not in my right mind.  This is crazy.  Really.  It’s stupid.  He’d hate my saying it, but Carl…

 In recent months both the elders and the staff team at their meetings have been discussing ‘The Trellis and the Vine’ by Colin Marshall and Tony Payne, both Australians with many years of ministry experience. The thesis of the book…

An anlysis of Brakel’s method  in calling sinners to  repentance and faith Introduction Charles Haddon Spurgeon, the 19th century Baptist preacher said “Soul-winning is the chief business of the Christian minister, indeed, it should be the main pursuit of every…

In 1839, as now, the British Army was engaged in Afghanistan. Among them was a young soldier called Henry Havelock, a devoted Christian and an outstanding man of valour. Struggling up the ranks (he was then a captain), he had…

In his memoirs, Hans Küng describes giving a lecture at the time of Vatican II at which the church historians present sniggered. While he saw the Council as this great opportunity for real change, he considered the church historians’ reaction…

In his memoirs, Hans Küng describes giving a lecture at the time of Vatican II at which the church historians present sniggered. While he saw the Council as this great opportunity for real change, he considered the church historians’ reaction…

As recently as yesterday, Ref21 received an inquiry as to whether Paul Levy was historical or merely the literary construct of Second Temple Judaism as a means of explaining the reality and all-pervasiveness of evil.  Hey, if it works for…