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Light is one of those commodities, like oxygen, much underestimated until one finds oneself in need of it. I am particularly conscious of this because my desk light - a quite splendid piece of kit - decided to pack up rather suddenly a few days ago. Being a sentimental type, I sent it off to the...

Wise Counsel: John Newton's Letters to John Ryland Jr. Grant Gordon (ed.) Banner of Truth , 2009 (428pp, hbk) ISBN 9781848710535 Almost every young minister of the gospel could do with a Newton. They may not always realise that they need a Newton, but they probably do. To be blunt, they may not...

On Sunday morning I plan to preach on Christ as a compassionate High Priest from the words of Hebrews 4:14-15 . As I put the final touches on that sermon, I was reading a commentary where I came across a beautiful hymn that I had never heard before. Here are the words: No one understands like Jesus...

Admittedly it's somewhat wrong to be publicising a conference on Ref21 that Carl Trueman isn't speaking at but we'll give it a go....... The Eccentric Ministers Conference held in the greatest city in the world! We live in a visual age; an age when TV rules, and this year the Eccentrics have...

Due to technical difficulties I'm re-posting this. In light of Paul Washer's new book coming out next week, and with publisher's approval I thought I would whet your appetite with some choice quotes from it. Here they are: "As stewards of the gospel of Jesus Christ, we do no service to men by...

Am I Really A Christian? Mike McKinley Crossway , 2011, 160pp., paperback, $12.99 / £8.99 ISBN 978-1-4335-2576-6 We must be able to give the right answer for the right reasons to this all-important question, because heaven or hell hang upon that answer. Mike McKinley's book is designed to guide us...

Now that I have your attention, there actually is a free Puritan book! Click here to download John Preston's The Fullness of Christ . The book is part of a new publishing venture, The New Puritan Press. Check it out!

My good friend Pastor James La Belle of the Cape Cod OPC is hosting what looks to be an excellent conference. If you are in the area, please come and join us. Below is the information: DATES: November 9-11, 2012 VENUE: Presbyterian Church of Cape Cod, 2391 Iyannough Road, W. Barnstable, MA TOPIC:...

Readers of this blog are likely to be familiar with some of the names and faces associated with Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary . You might recognise a few of them from the video below. Having friends there myself, I thought others might be interested to learn of the development of their...

The home which God has given to me and my family is one for which I am deeply grateful. However, as with cars, computers and bodies, home-owning is one of the great demonstrators of entropy. In my case, though, it also happens to demonstrate something a little more. The chap who owned the house...