Blogs by Rodney Trotter

Van Halen thanking R C Sproul?  All I can say is that Van Halen have sunk in my estimation........ continue

As part of our occasional series of interviews with leading London taxi drivers, we are today posing the question,` Karl Barth: Fried or Foe?' to Joe Strummer - no, not the front man of anarchic, Rock Against Racism, seventies punk... continue

Reading John Wyclif `On the Pastoral office' with a ThM class this morning, I was struck by how he fulminated against the fact that clergy in his day only wanted to minister at big, lucrative, socially prestigious churches.  Imagine my... continue

Just to let everyone know that, with the relaunch of the Ref21 site, the magazine loses its `grandfathered' status and now has to comply with Federal Directive 27002 (On the Virtual Representation of People of Alternative Gender) and include a... continue

Of course, I agree with my close friend Trueman on the absurd trendiness of those whose motivation for dog-collared soulpatchery is metropresbyterial self-regard.  But strange Reformed dress styles are not the monopoly of those suffering from stunted emotional growth.  One... continue

I wonder too if the drift to Rome isn't caused by the dramatic loss of a sense of humour in Protestantism.  Frankly, Catholic writers seem to have more fun most of the time; and humour is a great way of... continue

I think the attraction of Rome is in large part generated by the fact that one needs a reason not to be Catholic, and that the classic Protestant reasons for not being so have largely vanished -- three of the... continue

No longer might I be tempted to smuggle yon chieftain o' the puddin' race through customs:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7198751.stm... continue

After a long break, Ref21 has once again turned for wisdom to that category of person that some regard as the third office of the eldership: taxi drivers.  So, today we are delighted to be able to be talking to... continue

I could never be a member of any club that would have Tony Blair as a member:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7157409.stm... continue