Category Reformation21

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Odds and Ends

First, for lovers of Milton, the BBC (Radio 3 — the best classical radio channel in the world, no question!) are having something of a love-fest during December-January. The radio programs are all available for listening up to seven days…

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One Link for Guinness

Here’s the link: (At the time of writing the B&C website seems to be done, but I trust it will be back up soon.) Here’s a quote from his review: For six years I was as close to Frank…

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One Cheer for Carl

Carl Trueman is right about physiology and depression, but will come to regret ordering Franky Schaeffer’s book about his father, which is guilty of far more than bad taste.  For those who haven’t seen it, Os Guinness wrote an appropriately…

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O dear…

I have just come across a blog by “Jeffrey” who describes himself as having been an evangelical Christian until April 2008 until, that is. Christianity “failed the insider test.”  Sad as this is, his latest blog lists five books which he…

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William Grimshaw

William Grimshaw of Haworth in Yorkshire, born 14 September 1708, was regarded by J C Ryle as one of the three greatest men of the eighteenth century Evangelical Revival; the other two being John Wesley and George Whitefield. Evangelical Press…

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A positive approach to tradition

I have been benefitting this week from reading Scott Clark’s Recovering the Reformed Confession. The opening chapter is very thoughtful and thought-provoking, particularly in Scott’s discussion of tradition. He quotes John Murray to the effect that ‘there is a catholic,…

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50 Greatest Carols

This month’s BBC Music Magazine (Dec 08) contains a fascinating piece on the “50 Greatest Carols.” Over fifty choir directors from some of the prestigious cathedrals and music schools in Britain were asked to choose their top five. There are…

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More on the Pope and Justification

Well, how did I miss that? Scott Clark already had an excellent post on the subject. Here. At any rate, astute ref21 readers will have already correctly put their finger on the Pope’s crucial ambiguity. What does he mean when…

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The Pope on Justification by Faith and Love

Well, Joseph Alois Ratzinger (Benedict XVI) preached an interesting sermon back in November, on Paul and justification. I’ve had a number of inquiries about it. Here‘s an English translation. Carl, I’d love to hear your assessment. In one portion, he…