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…
There are few things that get the Levy blood boiling like weekends away. I live on the outskirts of London. It’s glorious suburbia with a bit of an edge – but not much. Lots of people in our church who…
I spent Monday this week back in Wales at a ministers’ conference. It’s something that my more famous brother runs. It’s entitled the Eccentrics Conference (partly to mock the slightly pompous Eclectics Conference that used to take place). It’s really a gathering of…
Kindle (or Ipad) users will be interested to see that Amazon have now released an e-version of Carl Trueman’s “The Real Scandal of the Evangelical Mind” (Moody) here for a buck and a half. Who said Carl wasn’t cheap?
By now most of our readers will have heard that our own fellow-blogger here at Ref21, Laim Goligher, has received and accepted a call to the pulpit of Tenth Presbyterian Church. As part of the extended Tenth community, I am…
After going months without seeing Carl Trueman, I get to see him two times this month. Last Sunday he preached at my home church (Thanks for the sermon, Carl.) and in a bit he and I will be joining in with…
