January 2007 Archives

Belatedly, I write to reflect further on Carl Trueman's Counterpoint ("Close, but No Cigar").  There Carl writes about his recent visit to a synagogue and the rabbi's thoughtful homily on Genesis 22, which included everything except the gospel. As I read... continue

Follwing up on yesterday's blog and one one I posted a week or so ago, I would want to make the case that the problem with so many postmodern approaches to the world is that they fail to grasp the... continue

I hate to break up the hilarity in which my good friends Messrs Trotter and Plectrum-Smith seem to be indulging, but I just spent a few moments looking at the webpage of a leading Emergent figure.... continue

Given the recent flood of concern over the mental health of our beloved columnist, Rodney Trotter, Derek and I have taken the unusual step of inviting well-known psychiatrist, Ronald Goebbels-Crippen to comment on his recent blogs:... continue

Matthew Bryant (Director of Church Relations) and our friend Niel Nielson (President) of Covenant College have just announced that the Rev. Aaron Messner has accepted its offer to become College Chaplain. Aaron will officially join Covenant on June 1, 2007.  ... continue

Today, to counter accusations that we don’t allow a diversity of opinion on Ref 21, we’re pleased to announce the addition of a new feature to the blog: every week or two, a leading Reformed taxi driver will be invited... continue

By popular demand I append more wisdom from every TR’s favourite spiritual mentor, Nicholas `Don’t call me Nicky!’ Mauss, the big pastor of that even bigger church in Montana. Such is the depth of his wisdom that, in a recent... continue

Stunning news in an artilce in January's Reformed Man Today (RMT) magazine, pasted below:... continue

This is the second installment in a series of occasional selections from Dave Shiflett's Exodus: Why Americans Are Fleeing Liberal Churches for Conservative Christianity.  To prove his thesis, Mr. Shiflett must first prove that Americans are, in fact, fleeing liberal churches,... continue

If scoring is the criterion, then basketball is semi-Pelagian, at best.  For a truly Pelagian sport, one would have to consider the quintessentially English sport of cricket, which is much higher scoring than basketball, and where even the bowlers can manage... continue