Blogs by Carl Trueman

It seems a bit of a brouhaha is developing over the exclusion of (or, perhaps better, lack of invitation to) evangelical Protestants from participation in the religious ceremonies at the National Cathedral this weekend to commemorate 9/11.  The prayer vigil... continue

In the current climate of uncertainty in America, along with the peculiar self questioning and decline in confidence of theologically conservative Christians, the time may well be ripe for American Christians to study the events of the 1830s and 40s... continue

Pete Sanlon tells me that, if you download The Spectator app for the iPad, the N T Wright article is part of the free content this week.  ... continue

It doesn't seem to be on the web yet at www.spectator.co.uk, but N T Wright had an interesting piece in the best magazine in the world bar none, The Spectator, on the C of E.  Interesting but nowhere near as... continue

Peter Leithart, Athanasius (Baker Academic).The last decade or so has seen the production a number of fine monographs on Athanasius by scholars such as Khaled Anatolios and Thomas Weinandy.  To that list can now be added this volume by Peter... continue

There has been a huge amount of blog traffic, not least in the Christian blogosphere, on the recent riots in the UK.  Without wishing to minimize in any way the awful devastation to lives and to property these riots represent,... continue

So has Colin Buchanan's mixing of a talk of mine on the Trinity made me a celeb, as Derek and Gabe now claim?  Maybe.  But surely only in the 3 to 10 year old bracket.   Gabe's daughter will no doubt... continue

Mike Ovey, Principal of Oak Hill Theological College in Southgate, London, has written a most helpful article on the recent spate of street violence in Britain.  You can find it here.... continue

If Paul is emotionally impacted by his reflections of God's grace in a manner which makes him burst into praise, a second thing to note about this praise is that it is in essence an act of protest.The titles Paul... continue

As a brief follow-up to yesterday's post on boring preachers, I have been asked whether or not I think 'boring' is too subjective a category to be useful and certainly to use as a basis for firing someone.I disagree with... continue