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Apparently, in my distress tear-laden state I applied an incorrect hyperlink to the sermon preached by Dr Bill Barcley at Rev Carl's ordination.

I notice Delboy's link to Trueman's ordination simply loops back to the same page. Is this proof that blogging is, as we all suspect, mere narcissism? Or is it perchance that Derek wants to deny readers access to Bill Barcley's excellent sermon, where he drew a stunning parallel between Derek and...

Derek has commanded us all to offer up our summer reading list. I'm still sorting through which novels to include. In the meantime, I want to mention a new book from our friend Thabiti Anyabwile (who, like me, is one of the few Ref21 bloggers not donning mouse ears and waiting in line for...

Many of the Ref21 bloggers are at Disneyworld where this year's PCA General Assembly is meeting, Phil Ryken has been spied wearing Mickey Mouse ears. Sean Lucas was heard making a terrific Goofy impersonation and Ligon has not been seen; rumor has it he went to the Epcot Center and hasn't been seen...

In my most recently published article on Ref21, Five Arguments Against Future Justification According to Works (see part 2 here ), I expressed the position that the judgment of believers in Christ on the last day will consist only of reward and praise, all to the glory of our Lord. My main...

Summer Reading As I continue my reading on John Calvin, I picked up an excellent work by Machiel A. Van den Berg, entitled Friends of Calvin . It contains twenty-four relatively short chapters on people who feature in Calvin's story, from friends of his youth like Claude d'Hangest to friends in...

Earlier this week the BBC took me to Geneva for three days to record some interviews on Calvin (in Gaelic) which will be broadcast later this year. Along with Jessie Boydell, also from the Isle of Lewis, and currently living in Paris, we were able to visit Calvin sites and see the Museum of the...

More on Summer reading... My summer reading began with the publication of Calvin's Sermons on Genesis 1-11 (trans. Rob Roy McGregor, Banner of Truth). Preached in 1559-60 they prepresent particularly important evidence of the heart of the reformer's preaching. Stunning opening sentence (so very...

I'm very glad to see that Eerdmans is publishing a new edition of Machen's classic, Christianity and Liberalism . Carl has written a new foreword for the volume, which you can read online at WTS Books.

My sources tell me that Carl Trueman is to be ordained tomorrow (Friday) evening in the OPC. Congratulations from all at Ref21. Do we refer to you as "Rev. Carl" now?