Blogs by Carl Trueman

Del,Seems that the last few paras of my reflection on Beckwith are missing.  No -- I don't announce my own conversion to Rome in them; but the article currently ends in mid air.  Just can't get the staff these days.CTCT... continue

Phil's blog got me thinking about the whole issue of women in Reformed and conservative evangelical circles in general.   On the whole, I don't think the church provides the kind of environment that helps.  Two examples: in Britain, certain denominations don't... continue

My friend, the modest, quiet, peaceable master of understatement, Rev David Robertson, has posted an interesting article on the dire situation of ministry in modern Scotland, particularly from a Free Church of Scotland pespective.  Not all will agree with every... continue

What profit?  Here's a few ideas:... continue

A noteworthy book that's just come out in English translation: Regis Debray's Praised Be Our Lords: The Autobiography (Verso).  Debray, a student of Althusser, a companion of Che Guevara in Bolivia, and an advisor to the Mitterand government, is an interesting... continue

With the great demographic shift to the southern hemisphere in terms of evangelical Christianity, the issue of listening to the voices of brothers and sisters from these newly significant areas is a pressing one.  But I want to raise some... continue

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/education/article1600686.eceHistory is important; but the current distaste for history doesn't fill one with much confidence that this kind of thing can be reversed. ... continue

Having spent a jolly couple of days reading through pages and pages and pages of web-based Holocaust Denial while simultaneously gagging and preparing a chapter for a book on historical method, I confess to being totally depressed by the number... continue

As no-one took up the last question, I'll take a stab at it before we move on to ignoring the next topic.  Revision of creeds: this is huge question which really defies reduction to a blog, but here are some thoughts:... continue

Preparing a lecture which touches on the philosophy of Hannah Arendt, especially her understanding of evil as epitomised in the Nazi war criminal, Adolf Eichmann (who, contra some Reformed "thinkers," -- ahem! -- seemed to think that the Holocaust really... continue