Chapter 3
i. God from all eternity did, by the most wise (Rom. 11:33) and holy counsel of His own will, freely (Rom. 9:15, 18), and unchangeably (Heb. 6:17) ordain whatsoever comes to pass (Eph. 1:11): yet so, as thereby neither is…
Month January 2013
“We must take it all”
D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones on the unity of Scripture: Higher criticism is man picking and choosing out of the Scriptures, believing what he likes and rejecting, or ignoring, the rest. It is man failing to submit himself completely and utterly to…
Are You Missing Out?
There’s a plethora of blogs out there about blogging and writing. Since I’m having a book published and I have the whole blog thing going on, I try to read up on some of the tips offered. It seems that…
A Corrosive Culture?
Paul’s post on elders and accountability is most apposite. One of the elements which the recent celebrity culture in American conservative evangelicalism has fostered is the unspoken conviction that the primary ministry of a church leader does not take place…
A Corrosive Culture?
Paul’s post on elders and accountability is most apposite. One of the elements which the recent celebrity culture in American conservative evangelicalism has fostered is the unspoken conviction that the primary ministry of a church leader does not take place…
Christians in Conflict over Obamacare
Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge” (Acts 4:19). It is possible that historians will look back on 2013 as a watershed…
Christians in Conflict over Obamacare
Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge” (Acts 4:19). It is possible that historians will look back on 2013 as a watershed…
When the elders say No
In ‘Persistently Preaching Christ – fifty years of bible ministry in a Cambridge Church‘, there is an exceptional instance of Minister and elders (in this case Church Wardens) working together. Mark Ashton writes… ‘After twenty years of ministry in Cambridge…
Extra Chins
My days are packed with trivial drama. Solee hid the toothpaste because Haydn (and probably Zaidee too) never puts the cap on when he’s through. Between that and the over-squeezing, it gets all nasty (for extra effect Solanna says g-nasty).…
I.T.M.A.
It is just possible that some Ref21 readers do not read the Desiring God website, given that we tend to cater for a clientele which is balder, older, heavier, less perky and generally much more like the Ancient Mariner in…