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…
The fourth element of the making of a true theologian for Luther is occasio. This is not the easiest word to translate in context but means something like `opportunity’ or `opportune moment.’ As such, it is not immediately obvious to…
Our friends at bringthebooks.org have just posted this. Can you name the three? Think: a Scotsman, a Dutchman and and a Welshman…
OK, as we enter the fourth post in this series, I am conscious it might be starting to look a bit like one of those oh-so-godly-but-goodness-me-aren’t-they-dull-as-ditchwater series one finds occasionally in reformed magazines, with titles such as `Reflections on the…
Carl Trueman’s latest book, Republocrat: Confessions of a Liberal Conservative (P & R), is due out shortly and you can find a video discussion of the book here by our friends in Christ the Center. Perhaps I should not mention that…
