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Crossway has just published a new book, edited by Rick Phillips: Only One Way?: Reaffirming the Exclusive Truth Claims of Christianity . Contributors are Richard D. Phillips, David F. Wells, Peter R. Jones, Philip Graham Ryken, J. Ligon Duncan, and D. A. Carson. You can follow the link to the...

Previous posts have mourned the passing of Al Groves, who taught Old Testament at Westminster Seminary in Philadelphia. I was blessed by a letter Al wrote to his friends, to be shared at the time of his funeral. The letter included these encouraging words: "For most of my Christian life I have...

Readers who lament the undeserved popularity of Richard Dawkins's book The God Delusion will be heartened by the sharp criticism the book receives in the January 11 issue of The New York Review of Books . While generally unsympathetic to biblical theism, the reviewer (H. Allen Orr) properly...

I don't know if the discipline of apologetics is overrated or not, but one aspect of apologetics seems to be underappreciated. While apologetics may be useful in the exercise of evangelism (helping give people reasons to believe, which of course will not convert anyone apart from the Spirit of God...

Visiting RTS Jackson today, it was a thrill to be in the home state of the late great Robert Johnson (look him up on Wikipedia, Del); and to be introduced by Dr Thomas to RTS as a `gangly nerd,' Del continuing to labour under the delusion that I operate under pseudonyms on the Ref21 blog. Rodney,...

During Sunday evening (!) worship a few weeks ago, I was refreshed to hear again a hymn by Derek Thomas and Paul Jones. The hymn is entitled "Our Father Bless'd, To Us Bestows." I believe we may have posted it before, but Lord willing someone from the ref21 staff will make it magically appear on...

A ref21 reader has written to remind me of another good use for apologetics. According to Calvin, we need apologetics not so much "to convert the hearts of the ungodly but to stop their obstreperous mouths." One wonders what Richard Dawkins would have to say about that! I am reminded of something...

Not quite! Rather, an Englishman in Mississippi. It's been an education having Dr. Trueman in the heart of Mississippi for few days. Despite the obvious deep-seated, Freudian angst that he's not Welsh, he has managed to deconstruct American culture in scintillating fashion. Most memorable, apart...

Well, I too have enjoyed Mississippi. Most interesting was the comparison of ringtones on my cellphone with that of Del. I have the climax of The Who's `Won't get fooled again,' Del has `Ride of the Valkyries.' Now, who do you think suffers from the most serious delusions of grandeur???

It's official. The American Psychological Association has found that the sexualisation of girls and young women is harmful. Yes indeedy -- now we know that the portrayal of women as sex objects is not a good thing. Incredible, I know, but there you have it. Check the story at http://comment...