Blogs by Derek Thomas

Sunday evening, at one of our infrequent sessions with the interns (supper and Q and A), Ligon and myself were asked an interesting question, one which has remained with me: what does a preacher do when confronted by differing opinions... continue

In our Friday morning staff meeting (at First Presbyterian Church, Jackson that is), Ligon invariably asks me to lead in a devotional. This morning I reflected for a moment or two on the fact that on August 26, 1824, Karl... continue

Not wishing to disturb Trueman (who seems to be on a roll), I have a couple of books to bring to your attention. Both of these are by former colleagues of mine (and therefore I'm totally biased). The first is... continue

Our friends at bringthebooks.org have just posted this. Can you name the three?  Think: a Scotsman, a Dutchman and and a Welshman...   http://www.bringthebooks.org/2010/08/three-reformed-amigos.html... continue

Carl Trueman's latest book, Republocrat: Confessions of a Liberal Conservative (P & R), is due out shortly and you can find a video discussion of the book here by our friends in Christ the Center. Perhaps I should not mention that... continue

  Crossway's ESV BIBLE ATLAS by John D. Currid and David P. Barrett First, I declare a bias - well, two if I may: that I know John Currid (one of the co-authors of this volume -he's a colleague and... continue

News has come that Iain D Campbell's study caught fire (faulty wiring in a fuse box?) in the last few days. The damage is fairly extensive. There were no injuries as far as we know, but our sympathies to Iain. ... continue

The Church History ABCs by Stephen Nichols & Ned Bustard (Crossway, 2010)   Delightfully produced, hilariously illustrated, the Church History ABCs captures the imagination by introducing children to 26 characters from church history, from Augustine to Zwingli. Bunyan was asked... continue

  Ref21 readers may be interested to know that the The Christian's Reasonable Service (4 Vols) by Wilhelmus à Brakel is available for download in pdf format (terrific for the Ipad!) from the translator's (Bart Elshout) web page here. On the... continue

It appears that ref21 went "down" yesterday and a message appeared suggesting liquidation, expiration and general nastiness. Rumors that Trotter's blogs were the cause of it were only partially true. It does appear that the site was "hacked" (we were not... continue