[Editor’s note] This is the second in a series of Christmas-related postings by Carl Trueman. Several will come in this series during the month of December. The first can be read here. The glory of Christmas is the reality of…
I just got an email from my friend Chip Stam, who teaches at Southern Seminary. He says: “December 8 is the day on which Roman Catholics celebrate the Feast of the Immanculate Conception (the notion that Mary was born without…
Frequent contributor to Ref21, Dr. John Ross, has written a personal reflection on the recent decision of the plenary Assembly of the Free Church of Scotalnd to abandon its commitment to the exclusive use of unaccompanied psalmody in public worship. Dr. Ross…
When I was growing up during the 1980s in Wales the preacher everybody loved probably more than any other was J Douglas Macmillan. I only heard him in the flesh a handful of times but each occasion is embedded in…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
