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It is good of Todd to come back to me about fruitfulness (there's not been enough back and forth on Ref 21 for a while) and I appreciate that if you start caring about fruitfulness too much you might end up like Steve Furtick. I'm not sure the slippery slope, thin end of the wedge logic is...

I managed to sneak in a few hours at the Banner of Truth Ministers Conference in Leicester last week. I was unable to stay for more than a day, but heard a sweet sermon from Andrew Davies, what was for me a somewhat ungrounded disquisition on sin by the very engaging David Meredith, and a thought-...

Much is being said about Donald Sterling's alleged racist remarks . From the landslide of articles written, Facebook and Twitter posts, the verdict seems clear. He made racist comments. While I would love to weigh in on the controversy, I cannot. I did not listen fully to his remarks, whether the...

To say I have no interest in Old Calvinism/ New Calvinism, New School/ Old School is a colossal understatement. It's not my fight; not once has it even crossed my radar in ministry, though I realise it's been a big issue for Walker down in Crawley!! I read Rick Phillips piece with interest...

I earlier wrote a couple of posts on the attitude that Old Calvinist types like me should take towards the New Calvinism movement. The first post argued that Old Calvinists should be generally grateful for the New Calvinism, while the second post argued that Old Calvinists should resist jumping on...

John Chapman , known as 'Chappo', is something of a legendary figure in conservative evangelicalism in the UK. If you've moved in the Proc Trust orbit no discussion of ministry can take place without a Chappo anecdote. For those of you who don't know of him, he was a remarkably gifted Australian...

I have extremely worrying news for certain friends: I may exist! Now, before you declare that this is worrying news for anyone with a modicum of sense, let me clarify things ever so slightly. It has been a matter of some concern for a while that I do not actually exist. But there are now some few...

Last weekend brought with it all the brouhaha that seems to be the sadly-increasing norm among evangelicals with regard to 'holy week' and Easter Sunday. Now, I will deny no man the opportunity to preach about the risen Christ on any day that he chooses. Furthermore, if there is a possibility in a...

What do you think about our church plant initiative in Richmond, Virginia? From the outside looking in, you can only say so much. The video we created to spread the word and the website we have, which is dedicated to share information about our current Bible study series, meeting time, and location...

Doing a little study this afternoon, I came across this illuminating section from B. B. Warfield on the parable of the prodigal son, and the danger of make it a definitive statement of the gospel. Given the parable's present popularity as a sort of quintessential gospel declaration and its...