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Maybe you have seen this before, but I just came across it. This is Leo Tolstoy's take on Jesus, pitting the Jesus of the Sermon on the Mount vs. the Jesus of the Creeds, namely the Nicene Creed, and of theology. It's from his 1894 work, The Kingdom of God Is Within You . The Sermon on the Mount,...

From Lyman Beecher's Autobiography , p. 67: "East Hampton was originally settled by the best sort of men, and had never been divided in religion. There was only one church in place, over which three successive pastors had been settled during a period of a century and a half. "The first was Rev. Mr...

In response to Carl and Jeremy First of all sincerest apologies to my American friends (all 3 of them) for misplacing Jackson, unforgivable really. For the two readers who've anonymously sent me 'Improve your punctuation and grammar' and 'Essential English', perhaps an American atlas is in order...

I'm going to ignore the irreverent reference to my 'blond' period below - though I was sure I had destroyed all those old videos...! On re-vewing them I notice they haven't aged well. On another subject altogether, it's easy to be negative about Christmas if all you focus on is the busy-ness and...

Mr Levy should be careful about criticising the Ref21 establishment for dress sense and camera presence. A careful search of the internet had revealed some early footage of Liam Goligher in his 'blond' period, introducing the then ACE house band of Ligon, Derek (rhythm) and Jeremy (bass) performing...

From the Reformation 21 video................... 'What does Christmas mean to you?' said Derek Thomas 'The older I get the more difficult it is to get comfortable with Christmas' replied a youthful Jeremy Smith A couple of comments Firstly, I've watched 2 or 3 of these videos filmed for Ref 21 and...

This afternoon, I had a very rare experience in my ministry at First Presbyterian Church, Hattiesburg, Mississippi: an open two-hour block between sermon writing and appointments and our Wednesday night activities. And so, I set myself to something that I've been meaning to do for a while now--I...

I'm working my way through 'Communion with God' , the revamped version by Kelly Kapic and Justin Taylor. It's excellent. When you're as dopey as I am the Banner of Truth Gould edition makes you want to run to your mother and cry, it's so difficult to read. Kelly's introductory essay is particularly...

For a while now, I've been working with a theory for understanding religious controversy. While I've mainly thought about this theory as a historical explanation, it does have its contemporary application as well. Here it is: while most religious controversies center on doctrinal issues--and to be...

Roger Nicole died last Friday, two days after his 95th birthday. Justin Taylor has written some reflections here . We, at Reformation21, are grateful to God for a theological giant who did so much for the kingdom of God.