Last year I posted on pastoral transitions in the Presbyterian Church of Australia. Here’s a post on the 9Marks site advocating that the elders of a church should lead the situation of pastoral succession (organically) rather than create a special committee to do the task. The post points to articles by Mark Dever and Bobby …

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Corporate worship concludes, corporate fellowship continues. We stand and talk, which is nothing unusual, until the smallest finger on my right hand is grasped with firm intention. Excuse me, I seem to be going… She seems no higher than my knee, blond locks flowing, dressed in pink. We walk from the hall and its coffee, …

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Sinclair Ferguson explores the issue of Christian liberty provoked by what may seem a very unlikely issue: ‘Can Christians Eat Black Pudding?’ It should be noted that Ferguson doesn’t delve into the question: ‘Why would Christians (or anyone) eat black pudding?’ Anyway… It was years ago now, but I still remember the discussion. I was …

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