Yes, you’re thinking about Valentine’s Day. But, before you know it, the snow will melt, the temperatures will climb above freezing, spring will be here, and pomp and circumstance will fill the air. What will you get for grads? I…
The function of the literary imagination is to incarnate meaning in concrete images, characters, events, and settings rather than abstract or propositional arguments. To use the formula of Dorothy Sayers, the imagination images forth its subject, and in turn it…
The function of the literary imagination is to incarnate meaning in concrete images, characters, events, and settings rather than abstract or propositional arguments. To use the formula of Dorothy Sayers, the imagination images forth its subject, and in turn it…
Seeing Levy’s expose of Trueman’s alleged greed led me to call my old friend to hear his side of the story. His claim is that, upon arrival at Paddington, Levy took him not to the greasy spoon breakfast place he…
I have just finished reading Chris Braun’s book, When the Word Leads Your Pastoral Search (Moody). I thoroughly recommend it. Even if you are not involved in a search, or are not being searched, this book defines what ought to…
On Sunday night I was preaching on the other side of London. For all the talk of urban ministry and the need to plant in city centres nobody ever talks about the traffic. Two hours to travel 8 miles!! If…
A few weeks ago I learned the distressing news that a couple I know is divorcing; the husband has pursued pornography, and beyond, for a decade. His sin has not only ravaged his wife’s life, but in violating that covenant…
A few weeks ago I learned the distressing news that a couple I know is divorcing; the husband has pursued pornography, and beyond, for a decade. His sin has not only ravaged his wife’s life, but in violating that covenant…
A few years ago, I taught a course on Jonathan Edwards at London Theological Seminary. I saw Stephen Nichols on the roster, thinking it was I. Turns out, it was a student named Stephen Nichols. Stephen, who grew up in…
First, the Reformation 21 Department for Creative Ridiculing of the Faithful wants to scotch rumours that this person is the product of its members’ fevered imaginations. Yes, it is true: he embodies all of the things Trueman most admires: the…
