From Lyman Beecher’s Autobiography, p. 67: “East Hampton was originally settled by the best sort of men, and had never been divided in religion. There was only one church in place, over which three successive pastors had been settled during…
In response to Carl and Jeremy First of all sincerest apologies to my American friends (all 3 of them) for misplacing Jackson, unforgivable really. For the two readers who’ve anonymously sent me ‘Improve your punctuation and grammar’ and ‘Essential English’, perhaps an…
I’m going to ignore the irreverent reference to my ‘blond’ period below – though I was sure I had destroyed all those old videos…! On re-vewing them I notice they haven’t aged well. On another subject altogether, it’s easy to…
Mr Levy should be careful about criticising the Ref21 establishment for dress sense and camera presence. A careful search of the internet had revealed some early footage of Liam Goligher in his ‘blond’ period, introducing the then ACE house…
From the Reformation 21 video………………. ‘What does Christmas mean to you?’ said Derek Thomas ‘The older I get the more difficult it is to get comfortable with Christmas’ replied a youthful Jeremy Smith A couple of comments Firstly, I’ve watched 2 or 3 of…
[Editor’s note] This is the third in a series of Christmas-related postings by Carl Trueman. Several will come in this series during the month of December. The second can be read here. One of the most beautiful vignettes in the…
[Editor’s note] This is the third in a series of Christmas-related postings by Carl Trueman. Several will come in this series during the month of December. The second can be read here. One of the most beautiful vignettes in the…
This afternoon, I had a very rare experience in my ministry at First Presbyterian Church, Hattiesburg, Mississippi: an open two-hour block between sermon writing and appointments and our Wednesday night activities. And so, I set myself to something that I’ve…
I’m working my way through ‘Communion with God’, the revamped version by Kelly Kapic and Justin Taylor. It’s excellent. When you’re as dopey as I am the Banner of Truth Gould edition makes you want to run to your mother…
For a while now, I’ve been working with a theory for understanding religious controversy. While I’ve mainly thought about this theory as a historical explanation, it does have its contemporary application as well. Here it is: while most religious controversies…
