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Yesterday morning 5 of us local ministers spent the morning with Dick Lucas. He gave us an overview of 2 Timothy. The guy is 87 and still reworking his material, it was remarkable. The benefit of just having a small group together and being able to ask questions together was a real privilege. One...

A number of us in our church are reading ''What is the Mission of the Church'' by Gilbert and Deyoung which the more I read of it the more I like it. Kevin Deyoung gave an excellent talk at a Soveriegn Grace Ministries conference which is a brilliant overview of many of the themes. It's a great way...

Last fall, Steve Hays of Triablogue, did an excellent article for ref21 refuting the collection of new atheist essays published under the title of The End of Christianity (ed. John Loftus). The book-length refutation of Loftus and company is now available in PDF here. Not only is it a wealth of...

Carl Trueman weighs in on James Macdonald's exit from the Gospel Coalition over at Christianity Today. Also, see Trueman's latest Wages of Spin article and a review of Mark Driscoll and Gerry Breshear's Doctrine . A busy day at ref21!

Sam Allberry does a great job in his book ''Lifted - Experiencing the Resurrection Life'' . There are 4 sections on Assurance, Transformation, Hope and Mission. Sam writes with freshness and a great turn of phrase. On Jesus authority he says, 'he preached without footnotes' (p26) and when speaking...

A passing comment about "asking Jesus into my heart" had Paul Helm's brain in contortions. See his comment here .

Reformation21's own Rick Phillips wrote a thoughtful and charitable piece on the PCA's "Meeting of Understanding" here .

Apologetics is a defense of the Christian faith; the word "apologetics" comes from a Greek word that means defense. In my last article, I mentioned that apologetics has been concerned, perhaps overly or exclusively so, to answer philosophical challenges with philosophical jargon. This emphasis has...

With characteristic aplomb and passion for Christ's glory, Steve Hays over Triablogue has written more on Sudduth's deconversion. See here . One thing this whole mess has sparked in me, besides anger and sadness, is a renewed interest in Owen's massive work on apostasy from the Gospel (vol. 7, I...

Our friend William Boekestein has just written an excellent article on group Bible study. Check it out as you begin such things in 2012!