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This week, as you can see below, the Mad Woman in the Attic sent the team all the way to a small karaoke bar in the Parc Iwyrassoch area of Cardiff, South Wales, to allow Aimee do her famous rendition of ABBA's 'Dancing Queen' before an international audience of former miners and to interview one...
Anyone involved in pastoral ministry at the local level knows that the use of pornography by congregants is one of the most common issues they will face. While this problem has often been seen as a male preserve, the last few years have witnessed a rise in its use among women too. One cultural...
Anyone involved in pastoral ministry at the local level knows that the use of pornography by congregants is one of the most common issues they will face. While this problem has often been seen as a male preserve, the last few years have witnessed a rise in its use among women too. One cultural...
In addition to the inimitable Brady's bunch of improvements to the site, we might add one more: the possibility of a fifth rider of the apocalypse, a man who fears not to face down the current consensus of Christian correctitude. While his identity remains a closely guarded secret, there are...
In addition to the inimitable Brady's bunch of improvements to the site, we might add one more: the possibility of a fifth rider of the apocalypse, a man who fears not to face down the current consensus of Christian correctitude. While his identity remains a closely guarded secret, there are...
The Mars Hill implosion continues . The article linked pushes the problems back a long way, years before the Jakes debacle and the departure of Driscoll from TGC. Thus, it would seem time to raise the evangelical equivalent of what historian Eugene Genovese, with reference to Marxists and his own...
The Mars Hill implosion continues . The article linked pushes the problems back a long way, years before the Jakes debacle and the departure of Driscoll from TGC. Thus, it would seem time to raise the evangelical equivalent of what historian Eugene Genovese, with reference to Marxists and his own...
This week's Mortification of Spin is now available and in this episode the Ref Pack discusses the nature, challenges, and joys of church leadership. First, however, Aimee and I confront Todd with some dark facts from his former, pre-Presbyterian life. It is sad to hear the man making such weak and...
This week's Mortification of Spin is now available and in this episode the Ref Pack discusses the nature, challenges, and joys of church leadership. First, however, Aimee and I confront Todd with some dark facts from his former, pre-Presbyterian life. It is sad to hear the man making such weak and...
Ref21 is pleased to announce the addition of four new contributors who have joined the ranks of those determined to fight the forces of the Empire. They are: Scott Swain , professor at RTS Orlando, and author of a number of books, including an excellent study of Robert Jenson. Aaron Denlinger , of...
Ref21 is pleased to announce the addition of four new contributors who have joined the ranks of those determined to fight the forces of the Empire. They are: Scott Swain , professor at RTS Orlando, and author of a number of books, including an excellent study of Robert Jenson. Aaron Denlinger , of...
This week's Spin is up. In this episode, we move swiftly from discussing a recent example of the problems created for innocent pastors by the broad evangelical parachurch culture of the Top Men to reflecting once again on that Gift that Keeps on Giving, Pastor Ed Young. Ed's recent 90 day tithing...
This week's Spin is up. In this episode, we move swiftly from discussing a recent example of the problems created for innocent pastors by the broad evangelical parachurch culture of the Top Men to reflecting once again on that Gift that Keeps on Giving, Pastor Ed Young. Ed's recent 90 day tithing...
This week's MoS discussion is on strength in weakness. Moving from reflections on boy bands through discussion of Bill Shatner's outstanding career as thespian ('He's our greatest cultural icon!' according to the Arts section of Canadian Librarian Monthly ) to Aimee's dreams of dalmatian-inspired...
This week's MoS discussion is on strength in weakness. Moving from reflections on boy bands through discussion of Bill Shatner's outstanding career as thespian ('He's our greatest cultural icon!' according to the Arts section of Canadian Librarian Monthly ) to Aimee's dreams of dalmatian-inspired...
Little did we know that, when we elected Aimee Byrd as as 'One of the Guys,' it would have such a damaging effect on the wider culture. Now, it seems that Marvel Comics has decided to follow our lead and has crossed a fateful line . Alea iacta est, to quote JC (no, not that one, the other one). Is...
Little did we know that, when we elected Aimee Byrd as as 'One of the Guys,' it would have such a damaging effect on the wider culture. Now, it seems that Marvel Comics has decided to follow our lead and has crossed a fateful line . Alea iacta est, to quote JC (no, not that one, the other one). Is...
This week's MoS is up, where, inspired by this article , we discuss the increasing redefinition of freedom of religion as freedom to worship -- but only on property owned or leased by your church. As campuses across the country come to prioritise academic justice (sic) over academic freedom, and as...
This week's MoS is up, where, inspired by this article , we discuss the increasing redefinition of freedom of religion as freedom to worship -- but only on property owned or leased by your church. As campuses across the country come to prioritise academic justice (sic) over academic freedom, and as...
The latest MoS podcast is up. In this one, the team interview Trillia Newbell , author of the forthcoming book United on the subject of... diversity. A perennially tricky question, we hope the discussion proves helpful. In other news, the Mad Woman in the Attic officially launched her takeover of...
The latest MoS podcast is up. In this one, the team interview Trillia Newbell , author of the forthcoming book United on the subject of... diversity. A perennially tricky question, we hope the discussion proves helpful. In other news, the Mad Woman in the Attic officially launched her takeover of...
So it's business as usual . As has been said at Ref21 before, Remember, folks, you heard it here first .
So it's business as usual . As has been said at Ref21 before, Remember, folks, you heard it here first .
I'm away this week but the Puppet Master and his minions continue to run the universe, and so the latest MoS is up. This one deals with the tricky issue of having daughters. The basic advice is -- 'Don't. It always ends in tears.' But if you must go down such a long, dark path, Todd and Aimee do...
I'm away this week but the Puppet Master and his minions continue to run the universe, and so the latest MoS is up. This one deals with the tricky issue of having daughters. The basic advice is -- 'Don't. It always ends in tears.' But if you must go down such a long, dark path, Todd and Aimee do...
Scot McKnight recently invited me to review the fascinating book, Reinventing Liberal Christianity , on his blog. It appears here . The book is well-worth a look, both for its provocative argument and for the exceptional clarity of the prose (making at least one of the Amazon reviews really quite...
Scot McKnight recently invited me to review the fascinating book, Reinventing Liberal Christianity , on his blog. It appears here . The book is well-worth a look, both for its provocative argument and for the exceptional clarity of the prose (making at least one of the Amazon reviews really quite...
Tom Chantry has some very helpful thoughts on celebrity over at his blog . I might add just one thing: as he points out, the matter becomes very dangerous when the leader becomes the creed; we might expand and rephrase that by saying that it is dangerous when the leader or even the church itself...
Tom Chantry has some very helpful thoughts on celebrity over at his blog . I might add just one thing: as he points out, the matter becomes very dangerous when the leader becomes the creed; we might expand and rephrase that by saying that it is dangerous when the leader or even the church itself...
The OPC has made available Ned Stonehouse's biography of Machen and Rian's The Presbyterian Conflict as free ebooks for Kindle and iPad. You can find them here . Just as every Englishman should watch this at least once a year, so every Presbyterian should read Rian annually, just for inspirational...
The OPC has made available Ned Stonehouse's biography of Machen and Rian's The Presbyterian Conflict as free ebooks for Kindle and iPad. You can find them here . Just as every Englishman should watch this at least once a year, so every Presbyterian should read Rian annually, just for inspirational...
This week's MoS podcast is up. In this one, Sollozzo is unavailable because he needs to make bags of money out of global warming, while Dan, Dan, Dispensational Man , is the victim of an unprovoked attack by a Mean Girl as Aimee finally breaks with her image of niceness and reveals that she is...
This week's MoS podcast is up. In this one, Sollozzo is unavailable because he needs to make bags of money out of global warming, while Dan, Dan, Dispensational Man , is the victim of an unprovoked attack by a Mean Girl as Aimee finally breaks with her image of niceness and reveals that she is...
As opening sentences go, 'Some of my best friends are Anglicans' has that portentously worrying ring about it which one also finds in 'I'm not a racist but...' Yet it seems appropriate when commenting briefly on a small volume which was thrust into my hands by Colin the Book in Dublin last week:...
As opening sentences go, 'Some of my best friends are Anglicans' has that portentously worrying ring about it which one also finds in 'I'm not a racist but...' Yet it seems appropriate when commenting briefly on a small volume which was thrust into my hands by Colin the Book in Dublin last week:...
Plagiarism is wrong, relatively common, and, perhaps inevitably, increasingly acceptable amongst brand name ministers and their benighted followers. Thus, in this week's MoS the team tackle the issue head on. First, however, we need to discuss the all important matter of Father's Day presents. And...
Plagiarism is wrong, relatively common, and, perhaps inevitably, increasingly acceptable amongst brand name ministers and their benighted followers. Thus, in this week's MoS the team tackle the issue head on. First, however, we need to discuss the all important matter of Father's Day presents. And...
The latest MoS is up and discussion ranges this week from chest waxing among church planters in today's PCA to the nature of sanctification. When it comes to fashion among today's Presbyterians, the PCA really does set the pace. Now it even has its own style magazine. OPC ministers meanwhile are...
The latest MoS is up and discussion ranges this week from chest waxing among church planters in today's PCA to the nature of sanctification. When it comes to fashion among today's Presbyterians, the PCA really does set the pace. Now it even has its own style magazine. OPC ministers meanwhile are...
When it comes to Levy photographs, I would suggest it has to be a cropped headshot from his official wedding portrait.
When it comes to Levy photographs, I would suggest it has to be a cropped headshot from his official wedding portrait.
In light of this story , about a girl who became a boy at the age of five, I resisted the temptation to rearrange the word 'lunatics,' 'asylum,' and 'have taken over' to make a well known phrase or saying, and instead spent a moment or two reflecting on my own childhood. I well remember one...
In light of this story , about a girl who became a boy at the age of five, I resisted the temptation to rearrange the word 'lunatics,' 'asylum,' and 'have taken over' to make a well known phrase or saying, and instead spent a moment or two reflecting on my own childhood. I well remember one...
This week's MoS is up , in which we discuss one of the most pressing topics in contemporary evangelicalism: Can Todd and I legitimately learn from anything that Nunchucks says or writes? From being banned from entering the golf club bar to isolating her on her own spot on the blog, we try to limit...
This week's MoS is up , in which we discuss one of the most pressing topics in contemporary evangelicalism: Can Todd and I legitimately learn from anything that Nunchucks says or writes? From being banned from entering the golf club bar to isolating her on her own spot on the blog, we try to limit...
In line with Reformation21's long tradition of being the last refuge (well, along with Frank 'n' Dan at TeamPyro, that is) of those despised, reviled and then ignored by anybody of any influence in the reformed Christian world, I am pleased to announce the latest recruit to the blog, the Rev Mark...
In line with Reformation21's long tradition of being the last refuge (well, along with Frank 'n' Dan at TeamPyro, that is) of those despised, reviled and then ignored by anybody of any influence in the reformed Christian world, I am pleased to announce the latest recruit to the blog, the Rev Mark...
And I forgot to mention this, brought to my attention by Chris Anderson. Not your typical valedictorian speech .
And I forgot to mention this, brought to my attention by Chris Anderson. Not your typical valedictorian speech .
A few items as the week ends. Todd Pruitt beat me to the punchline on the latest embarrassing antics from the world of reformed celebrity marketing and the Battle of the Brands. From the Driscoll debacle onwards, the role of money and branding in the reformed world has become too painfully obvious...