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John Piper's address for Westminster Theological Seminary's S eventh-Annual Gaffin Lecture was a notable example of an event being the very embodiment of its message. I say this because Piper spoke on the relationship of the New Calvinism to the Old Calvinism, a relationship that could hardly find...

Many readers of this blog will doubtless know the name of Michael Haykin. In November last year, Michael reached his 60th birthday, and was presented with a festschrift to mark the occasion, The Pure Flame of Devotion: The History of Christian Spirituality . It is a fine volume, and the hardback is...

I have recently been looking into and using Logos a little more (review on its way, I hope) and I thought I might draw attention to a few bits and pieces. For those who don't know, the Logos reader is free and you then just tack on the substance you want. In addition, when looking for new material...

I doubt that many readers of this blog would know a brother by the name of Johnny Farese. Johnny was born with spinal muscular atrophy. By the time I had the privilege of meeting him in person, he had been unable to sit up for about ten years. He was paralysed in both arms and legs, his body...

We are delighted to announce the winners of this years Refs 2014 It's the equivalent of the Reformed Oscars and a highly prestigious award that can lead to massively increased book sales. Books considered are not limited to those published in a calendar year as it was deemed to be unfair to those...

'From Heaven He Came and Sought Her' edited by David and Jonathan Gibson has not appeared on any blog for a few days so let me try and add to the publicity juggernaut ,I recently interviewed the Gibson brothers for Evangelicals Now here

Just in case someone thinks that the observance of Lent is not the start of a slippery slope, consider the following sad case of a man who thought it did not matter much . . .

I know I have been here before , but it is that time of year when we hear of those noble spirits who will be relinquishing chocolate (Book of Additions, chapter 1, verse 28), smartphones (Second Letter to the Accretions, chapter 5, verse 3) and new tattoos (Superstitions of St. Jeff, chapter 24,...

Reformation 21 exists for the purposes of, "Encouraging biblical thinking, living, worship, ministry, and constructive cultural engagement." I desire to engage the latter in this post. To be clear, I am not playing the race card nor am I claiming to be a victim. I am simply highlighting some things...

Last week we had a Men's evening at IPC with Ian Hamilton from Cambridge Presbyterian Church. I'd asked Ian to speak on eldership and he was outstanding. It seems to me that we spend enormous amounts of effort and thinking on how do we raise up a new generation of ministers and workers without...