January 2010 Archives

some basic rule's of grammar to which we would all Do well to adhere, to:26 Golden Rules for Writing Well 1.Don't abbrev. 2.Check to see if you any words out. 3.Be carefully to use adjectives and adverbs correct. 4.About sentence... continue

After a brief hiatus -- okay, it has been eight months -- I return to Dr. Ridding's litany for pastors: "From weariness in continuing struggles, from despondency in failure and disappointment, from over-burdened sense of unworthiness, from morbid fancies of... continue

For an answer, see David VanDrunen's new book.... continue

So now what do we do without a Calvin birthday conference?  I did think of one anniversary we could celebrate.  This is, after all the 400th birthday of the Remonstrance.  Think about it.  Without those five points of the Remonstrance, we... continue

Thankful that my friend, Dr. George Robertson, senior minister at The First Presbyterian Church, Augusta, Georgia, is in the blogosphere. And very thankful that he posted this great story from Hudson Amerding, late president of Wheaton College.... continue

Starting Monday, and every weekday thereafter during 2010, Ref21 will inlcude a brief devotional blog based on a reading from McCheyne's famous calendar. Check the front page on Monday for the link (it should appear on the left hand side in... continue

A happy and blessed 2010 from Bonnie Scotland. I have been dipping again into Pilgrim's Progress, and was very moved by the passage in which Bunyan describes Christian being entertained in the Palace Beautiful, situated between Hill Difficulty and the... continue