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I have enjoyed the exchange between my fellow church historians (and pastors) Carl Trueman and Michael Haykin on spiritual formation and seminaries. I wanted to make one brief observation on the exchange and it centers on what seminaries are for and what ministers need. One of the major tensions in...

In April 2010 Martin Salter wrote an article in Themelios '' Does Baptism Replace Circumcision? An Examination of the Relationship between Circumcision and Baptism in Colossians 2:11-12 '' . At the Carey Conference in January 2012 Salter gave a similar paper ( see here ) , John Benton reported in...

On Friday night CRT was installed as pastor of Cornerstone Presbyterian Church. Derek Thomas preached, you can hear the charge to the congregation and the to the pastor plus the sermon here . There's a great photo of the men involved evoking the spirit of 'Reservoir dogs' on the site too.

I've been on holiday and August is always a lighter month, so I'm catching up on some reading over the next while. For all the ''take 20 minutes in the morning, afternoon and evening'', finding time to read is hard work in the midst of ministry, plus there are ridiculous amounts of good books...

I've really enjoyed James M.Kittelson's ''Luther the Reformer'' which sadly is out of print in the UK. In it he gives Luther's 8 rules for preachers (page 249/250) ''First , a good preacher should be able to teach well, correctly and in an orderly fashion. Second, he should have a good head on his...

I've come back from holiday to find that it's Christmas and all because of the Banner of Truth. 7 cloth bound volumes of JC Ryle's Expository Thoughts on the Gospel for £45 or or $65. That's nothing short of crazy prices but then read the small print for ministers - you can get them for £15 $25 ,...

Check out this great video on this faithful servant of Christ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhXFiAB-9qg

When I was a little bit younger, I used to have the habit of talking to myself. Out loud. In public. I was never really loud. But I would often have a conversation with myself--sometimes it was as I was working out something, like directions when I was lost; sometimes it was when I did something...

As has been widely reported, the Scottish government is due to make a decision on the redefinition of marriage in Scots Law any time now. It was thought that the decision would be taken this week, but that did not happen. Political maneuvering means that the decision may wait until after...

Readers here may be interested to note that Joel Beeke has entered the blogosphere. Those wishing to follow may find him at Joel Beeke: Doctrine for Life . At the moment he is mainly blogging a couple of preaching tours. Enjoy!