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A. N. Wilson (again)

Further to Phil’s recent comment regarding A. N. Wilson’s “slow return to faith,” a reader has suggested that we point you to the full article in the New Statesman, here.

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Wagner and the class struggle

Trueman must be in Oregon. I recall the occasion to which he refers vividly (and, by the way, the best dinner EVER!). At first I thought my name was being dragged into the Miss California debacle. I’m pleading innocent, having…

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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…