Blogs by Carl Trueman

Robert Gagnon, who knows first-hand the loving tolerance and respect for dissident scholarship of certain circles, has chimed in very helpfully on the Heidelberg Catechism issue here.... continue

but I do think the PCUSA dropping of the explicit reference to homosexuality in Heidelberg Catechism 87 does represent a better translation of the original German than the 1967 gloss/addition.  Of course, we can have our suspicions about why the... continue

`Any evening, any day, any time you're Lambeth way, you'll find 'em all doin' the Lambeth walk!'  So goes the old song my granny taught me; but not any more, apparently.  According to The Daily Torygraph, some bishops will be... continue

Sorry to disappoint all my 'friends' out there.  This is not my demise but that of one of the greatest church historians Britain ever produced, a man whose erudite writings opened up the world of the early church for many... continue

Del's asked about summer reading.  Here's mine:Theology: Johannes Vanderkemp, The Heidelberg Catechism; David F Wells, The Courage to be Protestant.Two books on my passions: Jeremy Schaap, Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics.  After Emil Zatopek, Owens... continue

You'll find an interesting response from Christopher Hitchens to Pat Buchanan's latest book (on how World War 2 was `unnecessary' here.  I include it here because of the influence Buchanan has over many members of the Christian Right.  For those... continue

A friend brought a fascinating article on the internet to my attention.  You can find it here.It's worth reading for a number of reasons, not least the image of a virtually blind Nietzsche banging away at an early typewriter and... continue

Those of us (yes, I include myself) with busts of the great Thomas Jefferson on our fireplaces and who think that separation of church and state is a most excellent thing, will no doubt be encouraged at the news coming... continue

Here.   It's from the Daily Telegraph (like the Mail, but with longer words). ... continue

Bishop of Rochester, Michael Nazir-Ali, has urged the church to make efforts to convert Muslims to the Christian faith.  See http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1022491/Bishop-says-collapse-Christianity-wrecking-British-society--Islam-filling-void.htmlHigh-ranking support seems minimal: the Mail (OK, it's the UK equivalent of Fox News.....) says only two other (unnamed) bishops... continue