Blogs by Carl Trueman

I see C J Mahaney is blogging.  He has some good thoughts on the `Superbowl' -- you know, that ridiculous event where all those overweight people stand around doing nothing for four hours and looking silly in spandex (hasn't anyone ever... continue

As the dust settles in yesterday's votes in the US, news reports today speak of a new attitude among evangelical voters which voting block (if one can reify it that way) is more undecided the ever and much less black... continue

More on the dark doings at Wycliffe Hall.  Call me a cynic, but the key phrase here might well be `energetic management style.'   Still, pinning it all on the fundamentalists is much more fun.http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article3321401.ece... continue

Diligent observers of the UK evangelical scene will know that Wycliffe College, Oxford, has been going through something of a turbulent transformation under the leadership of new Principal, Richard Turnbull. .  Here's a link to the latest twist involving leading... continue

Well, Derek, not even Rick can be wrong about everything (hard though that is to imagine at first glance).Just noticed this interview with Mike Ovey, new Principal of Oak Hill.   As the guard changes and a new generation steps up... continue

Ok, it's against my religion, but I'm going to have to agree with Rick here.  I remember when I was on faculty at the University of Aberdeen hearing a brilliant piece of NT theology/exegesis from a respected colleague.  But when... continue

If intention is the key to Pullman's error, then I guess we should also discourage Christians from reading Milton's polemically anti-Trinitarian, anti-orthodox Paradise Lost. And Pascal's anti-Protestant Pensees.   And Gibbon's anti-Christian Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.  And... continue

Justin T just brought this book to my attention.  Haven't read it but may be of interest:http://www.ivpress.com/cgi-ivpress/book.pl/code=3379Personally, I think I may well boycott the movie after all: apparently it's set in Oxford University which is a simply frightful place and... continue

When I was a child, I read and read the Arabian Nights, and loved the stories about Scheherezade, Ali Baba, Al-Ahdin, the Djinn in the bottle and others equally fantastic more than anything else which I read; yet, strange to... continue

Check this out:http://arts.independent.co.uk/film/news/article3201577.eceAfter 500 years, the strategy remains the same: boycott a cultural product to make it the most popular thing since sliced bread.  And now we have another example: with the release of Pullman's Golden Compass, the Catholic League... continue