Blogs by Carl Trueman

I heard the news about Bin Laden's death when I arrived back at the Philadelphia Airport at 1045 on Sunday night with my colleague, Greg Beale.   We noticed a small group huddled by a TV in the almost-deserted airport and... continue

All the discussion about the church and celebrity culture motivated one person to write the following to me, which I reproduce here with permission.  I should also add that I do not know to which church he is referring:"Pastoral care,... continue

I am told by friends that the evangelical celebrity discussion continues apace elsewhere on the web and has even thrown up some unusual but undoubtedly important questions, such as the one over at the Old Life theological Society: Which is... continue

Mark Meynell has a good post on questions to ask as you read popular history.  You can find it here.  If you rummage around on his site, you will also find some other very interesting entries, such as John LeCarre's... continue

The exchanges between, among other, Messr Duncan, Hart, DeYoung and Evans (all theologians, not a firm of accountants) have been very interesting.  I do not want to contribute directly to the exchange but would offer a sidebar comment to the... continue

Reflecting on the week's correspondence (public and private) a number of thoughts come to mind:1. The responses fell into three broad categories: (a) Trueman was spot on (and no, those ones didn't come in from my mum writing under pseudonyms... continue

The BBC have put together an interesting documentary on the Pelagian controversy here.  Thanks to The Librarian for bringing this to my attention.  A good way to kill time while waiting.... continue

I confess to being quite overcome at the Rev. Anyabwile's offer to edit a Festschrift for me.  I would, of course, be honoured to decline such; and, if he can tell me where and when it is to be presented,... continue

The amount and the strength of the pushback on my last few posts leads me to conclude that either (a) I am completely wrong on the matter of conferences (and being completely wrong is not without -- ahem -- precedent... continue

Thanks to Thabiti for his comments. I appreciate them, read them as frank and friendly, and  offer these in like spirit. To deal with the last point first, and to engage in some self-justifying, self-serving, purely self-interested defensive boxing (hey,... continue