Of the Making of Many Books . . .
A Baker’s Dozen for 2010 It’s that time of year when “the best of … in 2010” gets written. I have been reflecting on some books that I’ve read this year, all of which rose to the top of pile…
Category Reformation21
Review: Charles F. Raven, Shadow Gospel
Rowan Williams and the Anglican Communion Crisis (Latimer Trust, 2010) The Latimer Trust (www.latimertrust.org) has a long history of publishing some fine booklets on the history and theology of Reformed Anglicanism. Many of us outside the Anglican fold are grateful,…
Discipleship and Planting Churches
Reformed Presbyterians in Indiana Recently I was privileged to take part in a discussion on church planting and discipleship with Barry York (senior pastor, Sycamore Reformed Presbyterian Church of Kokomo, Indiana) and Dale VanDyke and Francis VanDelden (Senior and Associate…
An Alternative Option for Giving
Ignoring Levy’s whine about his picture not being on Ref21 (hey, I’ve been here since the start and still no picture) I do like his idea for fundraising. Perhaps we should have a raffle — first prize, you can have…
Church Planting, Double Honor (and then some)
Our family visited a church plant in our presbytery yesterday. The church had been at it for a while in rented quarters and recently acquired a church building–a former German Reformed church way back in the day, that had long since…
Show me the money
I note with interest Justin Taylor’s competition to raise cash for the Gospel Coalition, all power to his elbow. Here at Ref 21 we’ll be coming up with a few fundraising ideas of our own over the next few days for…
Rich
When I signed up for Reformation 21 my initial thought was free books; publishers will be sending them in from all over the place to get a plug on Ref 21. So far only my old friends David Gibson and …
Mike Reeves and preaching doctrine
Big Mike Reeves has been writing some stuff for Ref21, he’s also a fantastic preacher. Dave Bish points us to some doctrinal preaching Mike has done which is very helpful.
Over the Hedges and Byways
Reformed Christians are heirs to some powerful rallying cries, not all of which start with “sola”. One weighty such slogan from the seventeenth century is semper reformanda, a key tenet in the Reformed understanding. It is often translated as “reformed and always reforming”…
Seasonal Reflections I
[Editor’s note] This is the first in a series of Christmas-related postings by Carl Trueman. Several will come in this series during the month of December. Not with a Bang but a Whimper While enough of a Puritan to be…