Blogs by Carl Trueman

CJ Mahaney is a pal, but I've always had two problems with his ministry:... continue

OK.  The temptation to emerge from my lair proves too great.  I must say, helping Delboy out is insufficient reason (haven't the English spent the last 600 years selflessly protecting the Welsh from harm at great expense to the English... continue

In Britain, the History A-level (for non-UK people, that's the specialised exam in history which you can opt to take at age 18) is to be scrapped.  The subject is, apparently, too difficult and too irrelevant.http://education.independent.co.uk/news/article2838652.eceA shame -- history is... continue

I know from the deluge of emails I received in the spring how much our Welsh readers appreciate my immediate response to England-Wales rugby fixtures.  What can I say, boys?   Normal service has been resumed.... continue

I do apologise for the insensitive way in which I brought to the attention of European readers the existence of aerosol cheese.  While America has provided many great cultural benefits to the world (The Rockford Files, Walker, Texas Ranger), I... continue

With reference to Rick's posts, I have concerns with antithesis/fundamentalism -- not with the doctrinal distinctives which he rightly praises but with the cultic mentality to which this can give rise and, indeed, to the postmodern hermeneutics which it can... continue

The First Things webpage carries a very interesting, and in parts very moving, article, What is Anglicanism?, written by the Ugandan church leader, Archbishop Henry Luke Orombi.  I'm generally not a big fan of Anglicanism as a phenomenon (mourning every... continue

I was talking with someone last week about a well-known theological personality.  `I don't think he wants to be a heretic' was my friend's comment.  `No,' I responded `I think the problem is he wants to be a big shot.' ... continue

My good friend, Iain D Campbell, Free Church minister in Back, Isle of Lewis (from where all the best and most beautiful wives hail!) has posted a typically thoughtful paper on his website dealing with just the kind of issues... continue

In the context of recent discussion, readers might want to check out Patrick Henry Reardon's Christ in the Psalms (Conciliar Press).  Reardon, an Orthodox priest, has done a great job of producing a thoughtful, devotional, Christological reading of the Psalter. ... continue