Dr. Alan Redpath wrote these words to D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones in the year of his retirement from the ministry at Westminster Chapel in 1968, "I have marveled at the grace of God and the anointing of the Spirit constantly maintained upon you over thirty years of ministry. This can only be the outcome of the building of a secret history with God in your own life which has been a tremendous challenge and example to hundreds of others, including myself, who would have fared better if we had followed it in such a disciplined way."

I only watched the first session by @mike_reeves on a theology of writing. Very good. Looking forward to accessing the other talks.

I was talking to a veteran pastor-theologian recently about some of the younger theologians who have tried to cancel John Frame. His response: “some boys never grow up.”

Contra those who think there’s no way to be Baptist while affirming some forms of Christian nationalism, Charles Spurgeon was undoubtedly a Christian nationalist, and of a fairly stout sort (stout in more ways than one!). There’s a thesis here for a thoughtful PhD student.

My wife Jenna and her friend Lydia host a great podcast called "All Things Bright and Beautiful" where they discuss life, literature, and theology. Just two wise and godly women making sense. I commend it to the women (and men) of your church! open.spotify.com/show/2zppQA…

This was fun.

I don’t know who needs to hear this but it’s “utmost” not “upmost.”

This biography is tremendous! Everybody go buy a copy and read it to celebrate the 500 year anniversary of the publication of Tyndale’s New Testament. Also the cover matches the verdure of my North Carolina front yard, which is lovely.

It's always a bit comical to me when people try to suggest that Christianity is the invention of modern western white men. Of course, the most basic awareness of actual history defeats this thesis. Atheism, on the other hand, IS largely the invention of modern western white men. Atheism, for the most part, been a marginal viewpoint historically. It only began to enjoy any popularity to speak of in the context of the enlightenment and the scientific revolution. It was initially only popular among cultural elites and educated white men of European descent. Still, atheism has failed to capture major followings in Asia, Africa, and South America, unlike Christianity, which thrives in those continents. The Christian faith is far more diverse globally than the world of atheism. And the contrast is actually becoming more stark in our own time.

Hey @daneortlund, I wanted to share quick word of encouragement with you on here. I’ve been in the UK for the past week and a half for research on my next book and I decided to pay a quick visit to the village of Dedham in Essex. I stopped by the parish church where the Puritan John “Roaring” Rogers preached in the early 17th century. I noticed the church had a very small bookstore near the back of the church. Featured prominently was your excellent book, “Gentle and Lowly.” I was quite encouraged by this for two reasons: First, it made me hope that perhaps some in that parish value the wonderful truths about Christ that you helpfully bring forth in that book. Second, as you may know, a young Thomas Goodwin, who you quote liberally in G&L, famously visited that church in Dedham from Cambridge to hear Rogers’s famed preaching. Reportedly, Goodwin was so moved by the preaching that he hung weeping on the neck of his horse for a full fifteen minutes before he had strength enough to mount. Goodwin published his classic “The Heart of Christ” some thirty years later. How special to find a contemporary book written in the same spirit some four centuries later being sold in that church’s bookstore! Anyway, I hope this encourages you. I’ve profited personally from your book and have given it out literally to hundreds of people.

Astounding that the man who took this way to church every Sunday for 35 years left us the greatest work ever written on spiritual warfare. I refer to the Puritan, William Gurnall and his book, The Christian in Complete Armour, a 1,200 page meditation on Ephesians 6:10-20.

I cannot overstate how thoroughly I enjoyed this book.

“The Holy Spirit wrote a book…”

“For England’s the one land, I know, Where men with Splendid Hearts may go; And Cambridgeshire, of all England, The shire for Men who Understand.” - Rupert Brooke

In Olney where John Newton pastored and where he and William Cowper wrote hymns.

Today I visited the village of Chalfont St. Giles and the humble cottage where John Milton completed his epic poem, Paradise Lost. Outside the King James Bible, Paradise Lost may be the single greatest work in all of English literature. By the time Milton arrived in this village, he was completely blind and had to dictate the majority of the poem to his daughters. Incredible.