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When I was a child, I read and read the Arabian Nights, and loved the stories about Scheherezade, Ali Baba, Al-Ahdin, the Djinn in the bottle and others equally fantastic more than anything else which I read; yet, strange to…

Banner of Truth has republished a nice little book of selections from Samuel Rutherford’s marvelous pastoral letters.  The book is called The Loveliness of Christ, and it looks to be ideal for devotional use.  Here is one of Rutherford’s gems:…

Check this out: After 500 years, the strategy remains the same: boycott a cultural product to make it the most popular thing since sliced bread.  And now we have another example: with the release of Pullman’s Golden Compass, the…

A disagreement has broken out on whether or not Tom Schreiner is correct when he suggests (in his forthcoming book, New Testament Theology) that the most basic theme of the New Testament is, “God magnifying himself through Jesus Christ by means…

Writing in Five Views of Sanctification, Sinclair Ferguson explains that in Reformed theology, sanctification is “rooted not in humanity and in their achievement of holiness or sanctification, but in what God has done in Christ, and for us in union…

In his masterful little book The Elder and His Work, David Dickson writes: “Let people avoid getting into a grudging, grumbling way about church matters, but rather take a hearty, kindly interest in them. Many things in this world, both…

This article left me all shook up, especially given the rumours that Rev Steve Caprice is the stage name of none other than Wales’ finest, Derek Thomas.  Is this so?  Come on Derek, I think we should be told!

A suitable aspiration for Thanksgiving: “Lord’s Day, April 21.–In the morning, calm and composed, with some outgoings of soul after God in secret duties, and longing desires for His presence in the sanctuary and at His table; that His presence…

Yes, the Ref21 offices have received news of a book being written on R J Rushdoony, that outstanding historian and scholar, and the aspiring author has requested the editor to call on our beloved friend and occasional blogger, Carl Trueman,…

“Thursday, November 3 — Spent this day in secret fasting and prayer, from morning till night. Early in the morning, had some assistance in prayer. Afterwards, read the story of Elijah the prophet. My soul was much moved, observing the…