Our friend Martin Downes, has written a fascinating volume comprised of interviews with (among others) several members of the Ref21 blog team (Ligon Duncan, Sean Lucas, Carl Trueman, Iain D. Campbell and myself). Risking the Truth is published by CFP…
One of the first people that I hope to meet in heaven is the Scottish theologian Thomas Boston, who was the subject of my doctoral research in church history. [1] I admire the man for the depth of his theology. …
One of the first people that I hope to meet in heaven is the Scottish theologian Thomas Boston, who was the subject of my doctoral research in church history. [1] I admire the man for the depth of his theology. …
My colleague Guy Davies has drawn my attention to an article by Peter Masters in which he accuses virtually every professing Calvinist in America of being worldly and promoting worldliness. The article begins with a swipe at Hansen’s Young, Restless…
The myth of the secular Shakespeare continues to cast a long shadow over most people’s perception of Shakespeare’s plays. Until I inherited the Shakespeare course in my department halfway through my career, I assumed that despite certain Christian patterns and…
The myth of the secular Shakespeare continues to cast a long shadow over most people’s perception of Shakespeare’s plays. Until I inherited the Shakespeare course in my department halfway through my career, I assumed that despite certain Christian patterns and…
Ref21 readers might be interested to read (obviously well edited) reports of a speech made by a member of Duke Street Church ( in South West London), a high court judge on the family issue. He had taken part in a BBC…
Apparently, in my distress tear-laden state I applied an incorrect hyperlink to the sermon preached by Dr Bill Barcley at Rev Carl’s ordination.
What is evil?There are two kinds of evil: moral and natural. Moral evil is sin, such as murder, rape, abuse, terrorism, or genocide. Natural evil is what causes suffering and unpleasantness; it is the result of moral evil. For…
James D.G. Dunn once referred to the epistle of James as “the most Jewish, the most undistinctively Christian document in the New Testament.” [1] We all know that Martin Luther had serious concerns about the content of the epistle of…
