Postcards from Palookaville

There are a few items of interest in the news today. First, Westminster Bookstore is offering the Dispatches from the Front DVDs at a discount price. This series is quite superb and would make excellent additions to a church library and would serve well for Sunday School or mid-week meetings. They...

In the aftermath of the review of G. R. Evans Reformation book, a number of people have emailed the Ref21 desk to ask about recommended textbooks on the Reformation. I have taught Reformation for nearly twenty years, at both university and seminary, but my philosophy of how to choose a textbook has...

In the aftermath of the review of G. R. Evans Reformation book, a number of people have emailed the Ref21 desk to ask about recommended textbooks on the Reformation. I have taught Reformation for nearly twenty years, at both university and seminary, but my philosophy of how to choose a textbook has...

I.V.P. have responded to my recent review of G.R. Evans, The Roots of the Reformation , and have asked if I would post it on the blog. I am happy to do so: Dear friends, Recently, concerns have arisen among some of our readership in response to a review by Carl Trueman, regarding inaccuracies and...

I.V.P. have responded to my recent review of G.R. Evans, The Roots of the Reformation , and have asked if I would post it on the blog. I am happy to do so: Dear friends, Recently, concerns have arisen among some of our readership in response to a review by Carl Trueman, regarding inaccuracies and...

The first book I want to recommend in the Back to Basic series of posts is Melvin Tinker's new book, a treatment of divine providence, Intended for Good: the Providence of God (IVP UK). This volume does not appear to have an American distributor but can be purchased from The Book Depository ...

The first book I want to recommend in the Back to Basic series of posts is Melvin Tinker's new book, a treatment of divine providence, Intended for Good: the Providence of God (IVP UK). This volume does not appear to have an American distributor but can be purchased from The Book Depository ...

I hope in the next few weeks to post on some books of basic theology and discipleship, not for readers to recommend to younger Christians in their churches (though I hope they will do so) but to encourage Ref21 readers to read them for themselves. It is too easy to become mesmerised by complexity...

I hope in the next few weeks to post on some books of basic theology and discipleship, not for readers to recommend to younger Christians in their churches (though I hope they will do so) but to encourage Ref21 readers to read them for themselves. It is too easy to become mesmerised by complexity...

A friend sent me this link earlier today. It raises a number of issues in my mind, a bit like seeing a dog walking on two legs. One instinctively knows it is strange and feels it is wrong; but as with many such well-intentioned things, it can be hard to articulate precisely why. Well, here is my...