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In the foreword to Mark Dever's new book, The Gospel and Personal Evangelism , C. J. Mahaney writes: That’s why, for many years now, I’ve been pestering Mark to write this book. It’s so that by the grace of God, church members and pastors and you and I will notice those we once ignored. It’s so...

I am very happy to have received a book I have not yet read but do not hesitate to recommend. It is called The Great Exchange: My Sin for His Righteousness , and it was written by Jerry Bridges and Bob Bevington. The book amounts to a full survey of the relevant biblical passages -- especially from...

And while Phil's reading up on imputation, here are three new ones on the psalms: J A Motyer, Treasures of the King: Psalms from the Life of David (IVP - UK). Good devotional book. Has Motyer ever written anything that isn't worth reading? I suppose not having a blog helps with that one. Richard P...

Despite a previously poor cultural track record which includes such low-points of Western civilisation as Derek Thomas, Swansea, and Shakin' Stevens (Excuse me, boyo , but his album `Whole Lotta Shakey' was much underestimated, wasn't it? -- ed.), Wales has upped its game recently in the person of...

Like Phil, I got a copy of The Great Exchange , kindly sent to me by Jerry Bridges. I'm very glad to see it, having been told of it by Jerry during a dinner we had during last year's PCRT conference. As I was thumbing through its contents yesterday, I reflected on the blessings sown by heresy. It...

Last month's post on Naomi Wolf's essay "The Porn Myth" provokes many useful lines of practical and theological reflection. Wolf's basic argument is that, contrary to feminist expectations, easy access to pornography has not been liberating for women, but makes men (especially) more selfish and...

I agree with Phil re. pornography but think the problem must also be seen not simply in terms of the categories of lust and exploitation of women. These are surely only part of the story. The need for constant change and variety (nobody ever gets busted with 5 pornographic pictures on their...

A helpful comment from Michael Cassidy, who is one of the leading evangelics in South Africa: "Any religion that professes to be concerned with the souls of men and is not concerned with the slums that doom them, the economic conditions that strangle them, the social conditions that cripple them,...

Great comments on porn, Phil and Carl. My pastoral experience dealing with this issue has taught me that this issue is tied to a broader issue of idolatry that becomes practically an entire worldview of porn. Time after time, men caught up in pornography depict a general discontent with their lives...

As a public announcement to our non-native Ref21 contributors, I point out that the great American Octoberfest begins today: the major league baseball playoffs. There is no more American cultural phenomenon than baseball. And there is no baseball like the major league playoffs. (Editorial comment:...