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Learning from Peter's Preaching If you have young children or grandchildren in your family, perhaps you've seen the Disney-Pixar film, A Bug's Life . The movie imaginatively portrays life in an ant colony which is visited annually by a group of marauding grasshoppers who consume the food...

An Opportunity for Reformed Christians [1] One of the more remarkable facts about the history of the church is that some of its most significant events were barely noticed at the time of their occurrence. Examples are not hard to find. In the early church, for instance, the attention of the most...

[Editor's Note:] This is the first of a seven-part series on Roman Catholicism in the 21st century. A new entry in the series should follow every three weeks]. Setting up a new Pontifical Council is not something that happens often in the Vatican, given the conservative nature of the institution...

[Editor's Note:] This is the first of a seven-part series on Roman Catholicism in the 21st century. A new entry in the series should follow every three weeks]. Setting up a new Pontifical Council is not something that happens often in the Vatican, given the conservative nature of the institution...

For this my inaugural post as a Ref21 blogger, I want first of all to thank Derek Thomas and Jeremy Smith for their gracious invitation to join this august group. Although I'm sure I won't be able to match either the verve or the volume of our friend Carl Trueman and his various alter egos, I hope...

The function of the literary imagination is to incarnate meaning in concrete images, characters, events, and settings rather than abstract or propositional arguments. To use the formula of Dorothy Sayers, the imagination images forth its subject, and in turn it is a commonplace that what literature...

The function of the literary imagination is to incarnate meaning in concrete images, characters, events, and settings rather than abstract or propositional arguments. To use the formula of Dorothy Sayers, the imagination images forth its subject, and in turn it is a commonplace that what literature...

A few weeks ago I learned the distressing news that a couple I know is divorcing; the husband has pursued pornography, and beyond, for a decade. His sin has not only ravaged his wife's life, but in violating that covenant he orphaned four young children from a faithful fatherhood. He stands as part...

A few weeks ago I learned the distressing news that a couple I know is divorcing; the husband has pursued pornography, and beyond, for a decade. His sin has not only ravaged his wife's life, but in violating that covenant he orphaned four young children from a faithful fatherhood. He stands as part...

Cast your mind back into the depths of the allegedly-festive season. For many, it would be a time for the giving of gifts. Typically, with the person in mind for whom you desire a gift, you set out to find something that fits the template. Indeed, sitting in the Christmas carnage and tracing back...