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Given all the blog furore of the last 24 hours, we at Ref21, in the interest of hearing what the ordinary man in the street thinks of Wheaton's appointment of our friend, Phil, to the top job, have sent me, Rodders, our very own roving reporter, off to London to ask Ziggy Stardust - no, not the...

So here I am thumbing through my latest copy of Paste catching up on the latest Indie and post funk metal ska offerings and there it is: "Justin Taylor's first short story collection" . . . "artfully captur[ing] the view of the 2000s." Everything Here Is the Best Thing Ever --great title, despite...

"Your professional studies may rightly occupy the principal share of your time and attention for six days in the week, just like the ordinary lawful secular business of other men; but on the Lord's Day you ought to be chiefly influenced by the consideration, not so much that you are students of...

Maybe it's something to do with the friends I have on Facebook, but some of them are very keen to let the world know the point in the week when they have completed their sermon preparation. I think I know what they are saying: they have reached the point where they are satisfied that all they can...

I am preaching on the doctrine of providence tomorrow from a text in 1 Samuel. For some inexplicable reason, I have called the sermon, "The Saints and the providence of God." And, as it happens, I picked up this week a brand new publication of Calvin's monumental writing, "The Secret Providence of...

Martin Downes drew my attention to this piece in today's The Guardian newspaper: The Scottish tighthead prop (ask Carl Trueman what that means) Euan Murray explained to The Guardian why he won't be trampling over French rugby players on Sunday, and they also let him explain the cross and imputation...

The following announcement has been made by Reformation Heritage Books: The Westminster Assembly Project and Reformation Heritage Books The Westminster Assembly Project, best known for the edition of Assembly minutes and papers to be published by Oxford University Press, has now entered an...

It depends on your context. If you're thinking great TV series of the 70s, you're thinking Who [indeed] shot J.R.? If you're thinking football, you're thinking of that team that somehow got the upper hand on the [beloved] Eagles (twice!) before getting divine retribution at the hands of a team from...

I just saw the notice of a handy new set of Edwards' writings. Its edited by Owen Strachan and Douglas Sweeney and published by Moody. It looks like there will be five convenient paperbacks and a hefty hardback. And they all come due in February. What could better accompany Cupid's arrow than an...

Each year Tenth Presbyterian Church is pleased to host one of the Simeon Trust's Workshops on Biblical Exposition (also sponsored by the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals). The workshop is a profitable time not just because of the teaching during the main sessions, but also because of the...