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Words of Tribute to a Friend

Some readers of ref21 may know that Derek Thomas, the Editorial Director of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, who also serves at the John E. Richards Professor of Systematic and Practical Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson and Minister…

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Christians in the money

Richard Perkins (the urban pastor not the puritan) points us to this  article from the Independent on Christians in finance and the place of workplace ministry. It’s a fascinating piece on the pressure Christians face in work.   Perks blog is…

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The power of Ref 21

Forget flexing your muscles!   I had an email from the Banner of Truth to say that JC Ryle’s expository thoughts on the gospels is going to be published in hardback with the type reset. It should be available later…

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After the service rituals

After the services on Sunday I was asked two remarkable questions. The first one was having preached on Matthew 28:1-10 . What evidence do I have that Mary Magdalene was sad at the crucifixion, as there are no verses which…

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The BBC and forgiveness

This article from the BBC has a lot of common sense missing from Christian circles on forgiveness. There’s also nonsense in the article about forgiving yourself and so forgiving others. It makes the wonder of the gospel even more stark that God…

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The Man of God

 It’s hardly Keats or TS ELliott but in going through an old Rutherford journal I found this. It’s slightly dated as no one in their right mind would say lock a minister up with his computer today, this blog is proof…