Category Reformation21

Proof positive that Brother Trueman’s two greatest loves — after the present Mrs T and England beating the Welsh at rugby, of course — are truly the secret of long life.   If the Southern Baptists ever decide to ban…

Mike Ovey of Oak Hill has a video good interview with Carl Trueman. From their website: Part 1: The doctrine of scripture – Mike and Carl discuss scripture, starting with the question: “Is it still useful to describe scripture as…

INTRODUCTION Reformed Christians are indebted to the Puritans for a variety of reasons, not the least of which for their contribution to preaching.  In many ways, Puritan preaching was the very heartbeat of the Puritan movement.  It would be no…

This week, I want to focus on a few good books that have recently been published or are about to hit the bookshelves.  I also want to address the tricky question of Luther and the Jews: both in virtually every…

Our Presbytery this week organised a lecture delivered by Professor Donald Macleod of the Free Church College, Edinburgh, on the theme of ‘Our Debt to the Scottish Reformation’. It was outstanding, and well worth tuning in here to give it…

The announcement that The King’s College, New York, has appointed Dinesh D’Souza as its new President is interesting for a number of reasons.  D’Souza undoubtedly makes a good choice for an institutional president — articulate, dynamic, and learned, as well…

The sixth, seventh, and eighth marks of a good preacher are, for Luther, that he should know when to stop, he should be certain and diligent in his subject, and he should put his life, limb, possessions and honour into…

Well, it’s surely been too long since Ref21 called on that most informed section of the thoughtful public, taxi drivers, for a critical take on current events.  In the wake of Carl Trueman’s recent interview on Reformed Forum about his…

Amid all of the hoo-hah about the flight attendant who lost his rag at the end of a flight, threw a foul-mouthed benny (as we say in the UK), exited the plane by emergency chute and is now (according to…

The last two elements which go to make up a theologian are, for Luther, careful and constant reading, and a practical knowledge of the academic disciplines.  This last can be dealt with quickly: essentially, Luther saw a good, rounded academic…