Blogs by Carl Trueman

Over at the webpage, Called to Communion, Catholic convert from Protestantism, Bryan Cross, has written a a very kind and thought provoking assessment of my comments on Roman Catholicism over recent years.   Bryan picks up on a point I... continue

In the week when the Protestant church looks back to the advertising of a public debate by a professor, Martin Luther, at Wittenberg University on October 31, 1517, and celebrates that event as the start of the Reformation, Derek and... continue

Don Duff, of the OPC, has just brought to my attention this interesting article by an OP pastor in southern California.  Very helpful and thought provoking.... continue

Good to see that Paul is back from `the Algarve.'  Clearly the word has a become a euphemism for a short term of solitary confinement for those who have corrupted the nation's youth and committed crimes too numerous to mention... continue

It has been gratifying to see the largely generous and charitable reactions to Republocrat that have appeared on the web.  Even the critics have provided kind words and a few priceless one-liners, including the positively Trotterskyite opening line of the... continue

Having alluded last week to that great champion of the oppressed, Whoopi Goldberg, and her excusing of the rape of a minor, I was interested to see the reflections on how fame and celebrity covers -- and, indeed, excuses --... continue

Liam's link is interesting, first, because it indicates how soon things move from being voluntary to being compulsory in the church world.  In church politics (as in politics generally) the voluntary position is typically, a way to swing the centrists... continue

One of the most depressing things about the current season of political stumping in the USA is the mindless nature of so much of the discourse.   The recent sight of the unbearably self-important and ill-informed Bill O'Reilly and the... continue

Other than the sackloads of requests that ref21 should `Fire Levy Now!' (you hum it; we'll try to play it), many others have been asking if we can provide insights into the man behind the recent spate of blogposts that... continue

So Levy is still crowing over the `Rumble in the Rhondda'?   Any fair minded viewer will see that the ref, C J Mahaney,  should never have given me the standing count at that point.  The bout was clearly fixed... continue