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While some have thought that what has been termed the "battle for the Bible" was successfully concluded in evangelical circles almost three decades back, there can be little doubt at this point that the doctrine of Scripture is now a front-burner issue among American Evangelicals. In particular,...

Perhaps, Carl, this will work as a solution to all this celebrity pastor business. Here's a comment from a reader at the blog: All this talk about British versus American. Take the perfect compromise - become Canadian. No celebrities here. When Canadians become famous it is because they have gone...

Each Easter week, the media reminds us that it, too, operates by a church calendar of sorts, returning like a carousel at this time of year to spin out a spate of speculative stories about the life of the human Jesus, the manuscripts of the Bible, or the claim of the resurrection. Journalists and...

I knew I should have left Carl alone! I knew I was making a mistake. Thirty-two seconds after my original post he responded with a 55-point rebuttal. The man has more counter-points at the ready than Amilda Marcos had shoes... or Lady Gaga has dresses. And on top of that, he brings in Bavinck...

Not wishing to interrupt Carl and Thabiti - 'Hear no evil and See no evil'. I remember reading this about Schaeffer and VIP treatment On another but related note our congregation is about to be launch out on a building project and so we need to raise some money. Our church was planted out of the...

Who in their right minds would do a little "push back" with Carl Trueman??? Okay, there's my disclaimer. Right up front: I'm not in my right mind. This is crazy. Really. It's stupid. He'd hate my saying it, but Carl Trueman is one really, really smart dude. If I were sensible, I'd leave this alone...

As recently as yesterday, Ref21 received an inquiry as to whether Paul Levy was historical or merely the literary construct of Second Temple Judaism as a means of explaining the reality and all-pervasiveness of evil. Hey, if it works for you..... It is with much regret and sorrow that Ref21...

I enjoyed reading about the Carl and Mike love in at New Word Alive, 2 celebrity speakers hanging round together, it reminded me of when they first met you can watch it here Mike is the in the hat, somewhat taller now and with glasses and Carl is the one behind the counter, those who know him will...

The recent spate of blog posts on various sites in response to Ligon Duncan's "Bavinck vs. Nevin" post here on the Ref21 blog suggests that this is a discussion whose time has come. I can't help but note, however, that some have sought to spin this as a debate between "confessionalists" and "...

Total church, pure church, simple church, gospel centred church, purpose driven church, everyday church, messy church, Spirit filled church, vintage church, mission shaped church. Doing church is the funky thing to publish books on but I think I've cracked something in looking at Mark 4:27 in the...