Category Reformation21

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God’s Obedient Son

“From the Jordan to the wilderness with its wilde beasts, from the devout acknowledgement of the Baptist, the consecration and filial prayer of Jesus, the descent of the Holy Spirit, and the heard testimony of heaven, to the forsakenness, the…

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Virtual Church

With many relatives in the Highlands and Islands, it is interesting to see this proposal for covering the many vacancies that exist in these areas.  What fascinates about the article, however, is the claim that live video link will mean…

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Calvin blog returns tomorrow

Those of you following our Calvin blog will have noticed an interruption last week. The individual concerned has been apprehended and sent to the dungeons of First Presbyterian Church where an extraction of penance is underway. Meanwhile, Carl Trueman blogs…

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Slow Return to Faith

The English journalist and essayist A.N. Wilson, who abandoned the Christian faith some twenty years ago, reports that he has found his way back to Christianity.  In a recent essay for the New Statesman he writes:

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A Prayer for Pastors, Part 8

“From dullness of conscience, from feeble sense of duty, from thoughtless disregard of consequences to others, from a low idea of the obligations of our ministry, and from all half-heartedness in our office;      Save us and help us, we…

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The Age of Homelessness

“I lived at a time when a huge change in the contents of the human imagination was occurring. In my lifetime Heaven and Hell disappeared, the belief in life after death was considerably weakened, the borderline between man and animals,…

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Ligonier Conference Addresses

Just wanted to thank the folks at Ligonier for making their annual conference – featuring several Ref21 names – available online, with high quality video of each of the sessions. They are available here. I don’t know how long these…

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Out and About in Scotland

I have been travelling about a bit over the last couple of weeks, and usually without access to emails, so I haven’t been able to comment on the online petition about the General Assembly of the CofS. I never sign…