Reading John Wyclif `On the Pastoral office’ with a ThM class this morning, I was struck by how he fulminated against the fact that clergy in his day only wanted to minister at big, lucrative, socially prestigious churches. Imagine my…
“It takes no courage to sign up as a Protestant. To live by the truths of historic Protestantism, however, is an entirely different matter. That takes courage in today’s context.” Why? Wells answers: “The truths of historic Protestantism are sometimes…
In his interview with Derek Thomas, Sean Lucas confessed to being a fan of country music. Since he’s given the genre his imprimatur, I’ll ‘fess up, too. I, however, came to country music rather recently, when I met Tom Douglas…
If you are looking for adult Sunday School material, written from a “means of grace”, confessional point of view, I am enthusiastically suggesting that you take a look at the material being produced by the ARPs (Associate Reformed Presbyterian): The…
A. T. B. McGowan’s major item for evangelicals to reconsider, in his book The Divine Spiration of Scripture: Challenging evangelical perspectives, concerns the termination of inerrancy. Not only does he argue for the use of the word infallibility in place…
Having preached a sermon that touched in part on the Christian Sabbath (the text was John 5:9-18), I followed it up with a pastor’s letter that gave advice to those learning to keep the Sabbath. I though it might be…
With apologies to Isaiah and Dick Cheney, I have emerged from my undisclosed location to offer my first post. Unlike my companions on this website, I am an utter novice at this. I read Wendell Berry, live next to Amish,…
Yes, Mr Thomas, the sisterhood has arrived on Ref21. And be careful — it’s not just me who will be posting, but I intend to offer some excellent, liberated, gynocentric commentary on the contemporary world as developed by my good…
On my return from the PCRT conference in Grand Rapids yesterday, I found myself reading Steve Nichols’s new book, Jesus: Made in America (IVP Academic). I confess I skipped the opening chapters: fascinating to be sure, but the real heart…
Rein a dire, rein a faire… as they say in Calais, a woman on Ref21? What is the world coming to? This is yet another sign of postfuturistic deconstruction that needs to be firmly stood upon! What next? Is nothing…
