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Excuses, Excuses

The folks at Generous Giving (www.GenerousGiving.org) have produced an excellent resource giving biblical and practical responses to dozens of common excuses that people make for not giving to kingdom work. 

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David Brainerd, Part 3

“Saturday, October 18, in my morning devotions, my soul was exceedingly melted, and I bitterly mourned over my exceeding sinfulness and vileness. I never before had felt so pungent and deep a sense of the odious nature of my sin…

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Westminster Bookstore

One of the best places on the web to buy Reformed books is the Westminster Bookstore–which has now been smartly redesigned. Derek, thanks for mentioning the new edition of Owen’s work on trinitarian communion: Communion with the Triune God is…

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Handsome? Theologically sound?

I’ve been away in Canada and out of contact for a few days, but just look at what I see on my return! This article will cause you to seriously wonder whether the Alliance’s President is theologically sound! Read to the…

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Orombi on Scripture

Praise God for the African Anglicans.  Writing in First Things (August/September, 2007), Ugandan Archbishop Henry Luke Orombi comments on how the Word of God works (or ought to work) in the worldwide Anglican Communion: “We are convinced that Scripture must…

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More than Wallpaper!

Just arrived — literally minutes ago — a the brand new translation of John Owen’s Communion with the Triune God by Kelly Kapic and Justin Taylor. The foreword by Kevin J. Vanhoozer is fascinating in its own right, and as…

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Reformation Wallpaper

Andrew Moody has written to say that J.R. Herbert’s well-known painting of the Westminster Assembly is now available in poster form.  For more details, go to: https://www.reformationart.com/westminster-assembly-poster–2.html

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David Brainerd, Part 2

“The Sabbath evening, July 12, 1739 I was walking again in the same solitary place, where I was brought to see myself lost and helpless, as was before mentioned; and here, in a mournful melancholy state, was attempting to pray;…

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Cultural Transformation

Recently our friends at 9Marks Ministries wrote to ask: Does Scripture call the local church (by which we mean the local church as the local church, not as individual Christians) to the work of cultural transformation? For example, is a…

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Preaching on the Welsh?

No, Derek, I would never criticise the Welsh in a sermon.  My mum taught me never to mock those born in less fortunate circumstances than myself. I assume, Del, you missed my Luther talks because, like all let-bygones-be-bygones Welshmen, you were rooting…