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Last Sunday I failed again. I often fail on the Lord's day, but this Sunday evening was one of those particularly noticeable occasions. There were a number of factors at play, as there always are, but there was at least one that meant I was never going to succeed. In fact, I had set myself up to...

A friend stumbled across this Dockers ad from a few years ago and sent it on after reading Dr. Trueman's recent piece. Surely the good doctor will be horrified to learn that an American clothing company got the jump on him!

What hath cyber Monday to do with eternity? For starters, yesterday offered a $2 billion glimpse into where America's treasure is being stored up (cf. Matt 6:19-21). But the fact that mobile devices have become the purchasing organ of choice brings into view, too, the perspectives on this world and...

Angus T. Jones, one of the stars of American sitcom Two and a Half Men , has gone online to explain that he no longer wants to participate in the show, describing its contents as "filth," as reported by the BBC . I do not know anything much about the programme, the actor, the church, or the...

Over at the Gospel Coalition, Trevin Wax has warned us against what he calls the Puritan paralysis : that crippling, morbid self-analysis - what Mr Wax calls hyper-introspection - that directs all our spiritual attention toward self and our efforts rather than toward Christ as the object of saving...

Our friend and fellow contributor, Dr. Dariusz Brycko alerted us to this very important work on Calvin. Dr. Brycko writes: "I have the privilege of volunteering as international secretary at the University of Warsaw's Committee on the Reformation in Poland and East-Central Europe, formed in 2008 by...

While I hope to offer a review of Beeke & Jones on the Puritans in the not-too-distant future, let's just say that my exposure so far would make it the height of churlishness not to let you know that Amazon.com is doing it for $60 hardback but only $10.29 on Kindle , while the same generosity...

Fearing being tarred with the Levy brush and seeing potential preaching tours to the US disappear I see Jeremy has distanced himself from my observations before even hearing them. In the true spirit of Ref 21 whose strapline reads 'encouraging biblical thinking, living, worship, ministry and...

A couple of recommendations for helpful techno-tools that I appreciate: many of you will know of and use these, but for the few who don't . . . Dropbox . This is great. Doubtless there are other versions, but this is simple and delightful. You set up an account (the basic one of 250 megabytes is...

Most of us manage to annoy someone from time to time. Writing on a platform like Reformation21 gives us unusual scope for this, extending our capacity somewhat. However, I have just read Mr Levy promising us five less-than-great things about America, and I now look forward to what will surely be...