General Humor

Preaching an Untruncated Gospel

If you're familiar with the reformed blogosphere, you'll no doubt be familiar with the big discussions that have happened in ...

I Just Had to Share With This With Y’all

It's been an eventful weekend - including falling down a flight of stairs and ending up mildly concussed. In need ...

Was John Calvin a Murderer? And Other Hilarious Claims

"Whatchu talkin' bout Douglas?" Hold up, Gary Coleman...I'm being serious. Did John Calvin actually murder a man? Well, no he ...

On Being Black and Reformed (3): Why Don’t We “Do Theology?” (Part 1)

Theology has fallen on bad times. In one sense, it always has. The image of the guy with an insanely long beard, surrounded by books, looking like my guy here… …is just not appealing to us. It’s too cerebral, too based on the brain, too intellectual. “Christianity is not intellectual, it’s faith, the heart, the [...]

“Exercising Gifts” – Dr. Peter Masters

I’m honoured to be a member at the Metropolitan Tabernacle here in London, where Dr. Peter Masters serves as Minister. This past Wednesday, Dr. Masters taught from 1 Tim 4:13-14 in our midweek Bible study on the subject of Exercising Gifts. Particularly edifying was the defense of cessationism (the Biblical teaching that the sign gifts [...]

Book Review: “Wrongly Dividing the Word of Truth” by John H. Gerstner

I use Goodreads to monitor how many books I read. The service also allows me to post reviews of books as I go through each book, so a regular feature from now on will be book reviews. Your thoughts/critiques/suggestions for these reviews are much appreciated. Will also be adding some reviews for books I’ve read in the past, so stay tuned for those – Doug

Why I’m Not a “New Calvinist” (1)

Before I go any further, I guess I need to make a few introductory comments. I’m thankful for the revival of interest in recent years in the doctrines of grace and in sound doctrine. I became Reformed three years ago this week (tomorrow to be exact) and I can say if I could do my [...]