The Spirit of 66
Back in the UK I hear rumours that a certain well-known Welsh Baptist minister who read a piece I wrote in Themelios on J I Packer and the Anglo-Welsh evangelical crisis of 1966, has been heard to lament loudly at…
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The Spirit of 66
Back in the UK I hear rumours that a certain well-known Welsh Baptist minister who read a piece I wrote in Themelios on J I Packer and the Anglo-Welsh evangelical crisis of 1966, has been heard to lament loudly at…
Harold O. J. Brown
From an email by Wayne Grudem (posted with permission): I just learned this morning that Harold O. J. (“Joe”) Brown, professor of theology at Reformed Theological Seminary – Charlotte, NC, and a long-time friend, is gravely ill. His cancer from…
Good Medicine from the Good Doctor
In 1927 the 27 year old David Martyn Lloyd-Jones left a prestigious career in medicine to follow God’s call to pastor a small impoverished church in rural Wales. The churches in Wales were not even a shadow of what they…
It was me
Trueman wasn’t actually at the assembly; I was standing in for him. And I too had a horrific return journey — plane cancelled at Charlotte at 11.15 pm, followed by a 600 mile through-the-night car journey with a former Clinton…
Turkey Martyrs — an Update
For those who haven’t seen it, there is a moving account of the funeral for three men who were martyred in Turkey on April 18 (for further context, see the May 1 post called “Turkey Martyrs.” Here is the report:
Carl’s Talk
Following the Westminster Assembly conference I spoke to someone who attended Carl Trueman’s lecture, having never heard him before. He told us that it was “the best thing I’ve ever heard.” He backed down a little bit after we laughed…
Was That You, Carl?
I believe I may have seen Carl Trueman at the PCA General Assembly (just arrived back at 3am this morning — a story for a different time, in which AirTran figures prominently and unhelpfully). However, I’m not sure whether I…
Bach’s Mass in B Minor
My attention has been drawn to a DVD of Bach’s Mass in B Minor sponsored by Soli Deo Gloria (www.SDGmusic.org). The DVD is produced by Virgin Classics and is a performance of Bach’s Mass by the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris…
An Interview with Joel Beeke
Our good friend, Martin Downes (he’s Welsh, you understand!) has a fascinating interview with Joel Beeke (President of the Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids) here. If you search the site, you’ll also find similar interviews with ligon Duncan…