There are many differences between American and British culture. Most obvious, perhaps, are the sports: baseball versus cricket; and football (where feet are rarely used) versus football (where feet, and the occasional head, are all that can be used); and…
There are many differences between American and British culture. Most obvious, perhaps, are the sports: baseball versus cricket; and football (where feet are rarely used) versus football (where feet, and the occasional head, are all that can be used); and…
Growing up, I adored my grandfather. He was probably the funniest man I ever knew, with a razor sharp wit, absurdism and satire running through his veins, and an imagination that seemed to know no bounds. His letters to me…
Americans occasionally pass through London, and as there is a famine of Presbyterian churches in the Big smoke, they often find their way to our congregation whilst travelling round Scotland, England and France in 3 days!! After the service I’m…
It’s fantastic John Piper normally preaches but also CJ Mahaney, Mark Driscoll, Terry Virgo and other greats. For the last 2 years I’ve been in charge of booking speakers and I’ve done a pretty good job in getting nothing but…
According to the online Urban Dictionary, the word ‘beepbop’ is not really a word at all: it is a nonsense word to be used only when you want to really annoy someone. In that case, the British Broadcasting Corporation, otherwise…
Worldliness: Resisting the Seduction of a Fallen WorldEdited by C.J. MahaneyForeword by John PiperCrossway Books (September 2008)192 p. A broken leg gets more attention than the nagging pain in your side. But the attention we give to an illness is…
Our God is a storytelling God. Much of the Bible is narrative, and a lot of that narrative is something that would give our children nightmares. I was 18 years old when I first read the story of the Levite’s…
The Heart of Prayer: What Jesus Teaches UsBy Jerram Barrs256 p.P&R Publishing (February 2008)Reviewed by Brad Irick Recently, reformation21’s own Derek Thomas preached the Sunday evening service at FPC Jackson from Nehemiah 1:11b-2:8. While commenting on Nehemiah’s instinctual prayer in…
Young, Restless, and Reformed: A Journalists Journey with New CalvinistsBy Collin Hansen160 p.Crossway (March 2008)Reviewed by Martin Downes Collin Hansen’s book is obviously intended to be an impressionistic account of the younger generation of Calvinists within evangelicalism in the United…
