Blogs by Rodney Trotter

It seems that my old sparring partner, CRT, has earned the ire of Scotland's Free Presbyterians who, while essentially agreeing with much of his analysis of the Lloyd-Jones/Packer split, offer these words of commentary in their April magazine on our... continue

First, as reported to me by Scott Clark, Dame Helen Mirren has made an appeal to Hollywood to stop portraying the British as evil villains here.  Sorry, Helen, some of us British types wear that as a badge of honour;... continue

An Edinburgh taxi driver, James Kerr, of Simple Minds Cabs, Morningside, has asked Ref21 to bring readers' attention to the upcoming Herman Bavinck conference at New College.  Details can be found here.   It is disappointing to see that there... continue

Rumor has it that there was a minor panic across the Bible belt this morning when a number of pastors focused on this story as a sign that Matthew 24:15 was about to be fulfilled, advising their congregations to flee... continue

I will ignore that upstart Smith's semigerontophobic rant, which merely reinforces the hegemonic dominance of youth, and his stating of the obvious (Of course, I want to define the universe!  There's nobody else I would trust to do it, nobody... continue

To contextualise Jeremy's comments for miserable middle aged men like Trueman for whom New Kids on the Block and the Spice Girls are completely unknown quantities, `It's a bit like when Pink Floyd got back together in 2005. Tense but... continue

The Knights of St Columbus, a Catholic organisation, have just released the results of a survey of young Americans.  The good news is that 85% of young Catholics believe in God, which, in terms of the proportion of reality to... continue

Given all the blog furore of the last 24 hours, we at Ref21, in the interest of hearing what the ordinary man in the street thinks of Wheaton's appointment of our friend, Phil, to the top job, have sent me,... continue

Trueman is too hurt by Justin's link to criticism of Rachel Maddow to respond himself, and so asks simply that we feel his hurt as he processes the pain.  And as to Steve Nichols and his criticism of CRT's cynicism... continue

It seems Trueman spoke truth when he alluded to an invasion of the Iguanamen in his recent `Thank God for Bandit Country.'  Here is proof positive that his own denomination has been infiltrated by creatures from the planet Iguanadon who... continue