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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
