May 2010 Archives

First, a million apologies for the poor service of late. Gremlins in the software that were beyond Jeremy and myself's ability to hunt and destroy. All seems to have been fixed however and as they say, normal service is now... continue

To the Glory of God is the title of a new 40-day devotional through the Book of Romans, featuring daily readings from the Bible and from James Boice's masterful four-volume commentary. Published by Baker, the devotional was put together ingeniously... continue

We had a most interesting fellowship meeting in our congregation last night. I, a Scot, hosted a missionary from Ireland, and had a Welshman, visiting our congregation, lead in prayer. I cannot publicise any details about the missionary, because of... continue

....when politicians are behaving with the same honour and integrity as we have come to expect from certain church leaders.  Not using `theological leverage' or being `relationally mobile' with their best friend's wife; merely `misspeaking' apparently.  See here.... continue

The General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland today voted to call Professor John L. Mackay as the new Principal of Free Church College, to succeed Donald Macleod.   Ref21 sends its congratulations to Prof. Mackay and its best... continue

August 26-28/Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary/Grand Rapids "The Beauty and Glory of Christ" Speakers include Iain D. Cambell, Al Martin, David Carmichael, Rick Phillips, James Grier, Joel Beeke For more information, see http://www.puritanseminary.org/conference/index.php  ... continue

The Royals thundered onto the ice, taking the Cincinnati Cyclones by storm [note action verbs and puns on opponent's name].  The first period belonged to them, scoring at 3:08 and adding two more before the buzzer.    In the... continue

I played a little soccer back in high school.  Before that I was in competitive swimming.  But during college and seminary years I lost just about all contact with sports.  Last time I followed football the Rams were in Los... continue

From Kevin DeYoung's Tabletalk article:"My generation in particular is prone to radicalism without followthrough. We have dreams of changing the world, and the world should take notice accordingly. But we've not proved faithful in much of anything yet. We haven't... continue

Maybe you know or don't know that Cash wrote a biography of Paul, called The Man in White.  I came across a great line in the introduction as Cash recalls the research he put into the book, especially his reading of commentaries.  He quips:... continue