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Those of you following our Calvin blog will have noticed an interruption last week. The individual concerned has been apprehended and sent to the dungeons of First Presbyterian Church where an extraction of penance is underway. Meanwhile, Carl Trueman blogs this week on topics ranging from faith,...

The English journalist and essayist A.N. Wilson, who abandoned the Christian faith some twenty years ago, reports that he has found his way back to Christianity. In a recent essay for the New Statesman he writes:

"From dullness of conscience, from feeble sense of duty, from thoughtless disregard of consequences to others, from a low idea of the obligations of our ministry, and from all half-heartedness in our office; Save us and help us, we humbly beseech thee, O Lord. "

"I lived at a time when a huge change in the contents of the human imagination was occurring. In my lifetime Heaven and Hell disappeared, the belief in life after death was considerably weakened, the borderline between man and animals, once so clear, ceased to be obvious under the impact of the...

Just wanted to thank the folks at Ligonier for making their annual conference - featuring several Ref21 names - available online, with high quality video of each of the sessions. They are available here . I don't know how long these will be accessible, but for any who were unable to hear these...

I have been travelling about a bit over the last couple of weeks, and usually without access to emails, so I haven't been able to comment on the online petition about the General Assembly of the CofS. I never sign online petitions, but I made an exception in this case. I think it is important for...

I thought I'd heard it all but there's "nout as queer as folk" as they say in Yorkshire. A recent survey among churches in the UK revealed that men want more 'macho' hymns, less flowers and less dancing in church. The first few 'macho' hymns cited were (in order of macho-ness), 'Onward Christian...

I thank Carl for providing the link to the Church of Scotland on-line petition, which I signed yesterday. Like Phil, I thought it was well-written and compelling. I think there are some good matters for reflection here, including points already made by Carl and Phil. Like Carl, I am generally...

I too have joined the list of Carl Trueman's colleagues who have signed the "Statement to Commissioners at the forthcoming General Assembly of the Church of Scotland." Further, I believe that Dr. Trueman's response in "It must be spring. . . . ." is ill-timed and unhelpful.

"True faith acts on supernatural facts and gets supernatural results" -- Donald Grey Barnhouse.