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I had a reader marvel that there are no Reformed Christian schools in Greenville, where I live (based on my entry below).  Actually, there are.  The problem is that they are way out of our price range (especially with 5…

Having moved to Greenville, SC, one of the big decisions has been where to send our children to school.  This year we have a fifth, fourth, and second grader (with two more raring to take their turn).  We really are…

The First Things webpage carries a very interesting, and in parts very moving, article, What is Anglicanism?, written by the Ugandan church leader, Archbishop Henry Luke Orombi.  I’m generally not a big fan of Anglicanism as a phenomenon (mourning every…

I was talking with someone last week about a well-known theological personality.  `I don’t think he wants to be a heretic’ was my friend’s comment.  `No,’ I responded `I think the problem is he wants to be a big shot.’ …

Cravings and ConflictsJames 4:1-2C.J. Mahaney It has been ten years now since the first godly young man requested permission to marry one of my daughters. Today, all three girls are married and it brings me great joy to observe my…

WARNING!  The following blog is written by a fictional character.  While Ref21 does not discriminate against bloggers on the basis of race, gender, or status of extra-textual referentiality, it does acknowledge that some readers find fictional characters offenisve.  Such should…

Earlier this month, I attended the annual Christian Booksellers’ Association (CBA) in Atlanta to do a booksigning and interviews for my new book Jesus the Evangelist.  It was my first trip to CBA and I am extremely grateful to the…

Two new publications caught my eye this week, and there could hardly be a greater contrast. One comes from Ireland in the seventeenth century: The Body of Divinity: Being the Sum and Substance of the Christian Religion by Archbishop James…

My good friend, Iain D Campbell, Free Church minister in Back, Isle of Lewis (from where all the best and most beautiful wives hail!) has posted a typically thoughtful paper on his website dealing with just the kind of issues…

In the context of recent discussion, readers might want to check out Patrick Henry Reardon’s Christ in the Psalms (Conciliar Press).  Reardon, an Orthodox priest, has done a great job of producing a thoughtful, devotional, Christological reading of the Psalter. …