God’s Gospel Gift
Cast your mind back into the depths of the allegedly-festive season. For many, it would be a time for the giving of gifts. Typically, with the person in mind for whom you desire a gift, you set out to find…
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What Makes the King James Version Great?
This year marks the 400th anniversary of the most important event in the history of English Bible translation. In fact, the publication of the King James Version of the Bible in 1611 was the most important event in the history…
What Makes the King James Version Great?
This year marks the 400th anniversary of the most important event in the history of English Bible translation. In fact, the publication of the King James Version of the Bible in 1611 was the most important event in the history…
The lure of the gold
Stuck in snow and ice in South Carolina, I’ve been ruminating Paul’s New Year missive about the Brits in America, with its sordid plot line of filthy lucre and their collective misguided, duplicitous claims of divine guidance when, if truth…
iPods
Paul missed the two key tracks on Trueman’s iPod before his move: `If I Were a Rich Man’ by Topol, and `Sailing to Philadelphia’ (the reference to Knopfler last week surely being a Freudian slip). Of course, rumour has it…
Carl’s bang on the money
The last time Carl stayed here I was looking through his ipod and saw on his favourites….. Money for nothing – Dire Straits Money Money Money – Abba Money can’t buy me love – Beatles Opportunities (let’s make lots…
On Being a False Teacher
his year’s Christmas season was a mixture of highs and lows. The highs: England cricketers retaining the Ashes in Australia (if you are American, you probably will not understand the remarkable nature of that statement – indeed, to offer a…
Coming to America!
Alistair Begg, Sinclair Ferguson, Derek Thomas, Jerram Barrs, Carl Trueman, Paul Gardner, Mark Johnston, Bill Hughes, Josh Moody and now Liam Goligher. The list could go on……. On the 5th January 1989 the South Wales Evening Post arrived in the afternoon. I…
Christmas Preaching
Christmas Day and Boxing Day sermons to preach and another Christmas is done. This will be my eighth at IPC and I’m officially out of jokes and illustrations. The tank is empty, the screen is blank, there’s no juice left…
Leo Tolstoy and the Real Meaning of Christmas
Maybe you have seen this before, but I just came across it. This is Leo Tolstoy’s take on Jesus, pitting the Jesus of the Sermon on the Mount vs. the Jesus of the Creeds, namely the Nicene Creed, and of…