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As Katniss Everdeen, Haymitch Abernathy, and Peeta Mellark are traveling to the Hunger Games, Katniss walks into a conversation where she is greeted by these words from Haymitch : "I was just giving some life-saving advice... It should come in handy if you were still alive." The goal was survival...

When one's own elders are feeding photographs to Trueman you know the gloves are off. In continuing Carl's theme of following the money a number of British ministers now ministering in America got together recently with their wives.

I've read sections of ' Letters to a Minister' s Wife ' and I'm not so enamoured as Carl is with it . Bits of it are helpful but some of it is so twee. I never thought Trueman would go in for homespun nonsense like giving your husband the criticism sandwich: 'Darling, your tie looked lovely as you...

Anyone else hoping that Todd's reference to "Great Brittan" is somehow ironic? Scholarship . . . alive and well at Reformation21.

Dear Lecrae and Andy, We have never met, but I thought I would take the time to share some things with you. Your names have been floating around Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube quite a bit lately. As I am sure you know, not all of it is good. Apparently, it comes with the territory. The more one is...

On numerous occasions I have been told that the church is like a hospital for the sick. The illness is sin; the remedy is Christ. We, therefore, attend church to receive our diagnosis and to gladly hear and embrace its remedy. "For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the...

The new Ref 21 policy of needing to write an essay for the simplest of blog posts and 'why use 10 words when 10,000 will do' has left most of us longing for the good old days of controversy. I will try to resist this all powerful new regime with brevity. Peter Barnes' book 'Light Unto my Feet - how...

It was an article about a European film director, usually hymned to the skies as a master craftsman and genuine visionary. It led me to an extended synopsis of one of his more recent films. I will not go into details, but it was a blow-by-blow account of the plot, complete with spoilers. The film...

I was one of the thousands whose internet browsers were humming on February 4 with the video feed coming from the Creation Museum in Northern Kentucky. I watched with affectionate support of an earnest brother seeking to promote biblical doctrine and with an ear open to the critique of an...

As I prepare to gather a core group (or "launch team," depending on your perspective) for a church plant in Richmond, Virginia, I am attempting to get ahead by developing a leadership training manual. Thankfully I have many resources from other churches in NAPARC member congregations. That takes a...