Blogs by Carl Trueman

Back to the Beginning with Moses

Article by   September 2010
It is a pleasure to report that the excellent website Beginning with Moses is back up and running.  Not so much revival as resurrection, I suspect -- the UK was rife with dark rumours earlier this year that somebody (who... continue

On Heroes and the Heroic

Article by   September 2010
The recent criticism from a member of the Missouri Synod, concerning Reformed church planting in Germany, was rooted in part in what the critic (in the comments section) articulated as a frustration with the constant attempts of the Reformed to... continue

20/20 Vision

Article by   August 2010
As a brief postscript to yesterday's posts on pastors, I received an email last night from Danny Hyde, the URC minister in Oceanside, CA, drawing my attention to Acts 20:20, where Paul describes his ministry among the Ephesians.  It provides... continue

On Organ Grinders and Monkeys

Article by   August 2010
A good point, Justin, which has been made to me in a few emails I've received this morning.  I would respond as follows:1. The pastor is the full time person and therefore the buck stops with him.  Elders have duties... continue

Russ Moore to the Rescue

Article by   August 2010
Russell Moore has written a great piece which exposes the idolatrous nature of Glenn Beck's ghastly self-promotional pantomime on Saturday, and the evidence this provides of the woeful state of an evangelicalism that, to put it bluntly, greets blasphemy as... continue

Life Together - or Maybe Not

Article by   August 2010
A friend who works at a seminary told me the other day of an incident which he described as `personally very instructive.'  Somebody called his institution, wanting to know about the state of the soul between death and resurrection.  The... continue

The Land of Luther

Article by   August 2010
Having bored you all silly over the last three weeks with Luther material, here's a video about an exciting new venture being pioneered in Germany by Sebastian Heck, a Reformed pastor who wants to see Luther's gospel once again preached... continue

Luther and the Jews III: Lessons

Article by   August 2010
In yesterday's post, I pointed to the fact that, while we today find Luther's 1543 work, On the Jews and their Lies, extraordinarily vile and offensive, it was, sadly, in many ways a rather conventional piece for the time.  I... continue

If the cap fits....

Article by   August 2010
I've never thought of myself as a TR, but Darryl Hart's take on recent comments on myself and David Bahnsen place me explicitly in that camp and, frankly, capture the points at issue.  Anyone interested can find DG's post here. ... continue

Luther and the Jews II: The Context

Article by   August 2010
In my last post, I tried to summarise what we might call `the Shirer thesis' which posits tight connection between Luther and the Holocaust.  In this post, i want to start to offer an avenue of critique.The first thing any... continue
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