Blogs by Carl Trueman

In light of my recent post on Ed Young's risible `sexperiment', a friend asked me this week about the current trend among some pastors for referring to sexual matters in graphic detail in books and sermons.  Having been rightly rebuked... continue

Two new books have come out in the UK which do not seem as yet to be available in the USA.  One is edited by my old Aberdeen colleague, Brian Rosner, and is a collection of essays on the cross... continue

In trying to write a brief summary of the Refusenik21 writing experience this year, especially as it relates to commentary on events out there in Christian la la land, I have found myself reminded of the fact that some things... continue

Congregational life getting just a bit so-so and routine?Has that electricity that marked your call when you were first installed at your current charge gone flat?Worried that the eyes of your congregation may be starting to wander flirtatiously to ogle... continue

For those who have not seen it, friend John Starke has an interesting and important article over at the Gospel Coalition about a legal situation facing his church and others in the New York area.  This is a matter worthy... continue

One of the most intriguing passages in the New Testament in terms of Christ's advent is the song of Simeon.  When this old man meets the Christ child in the Temple, he reacts by telling God that he is now... continue

Yesterday, I raised the issue of preaching the Incarnation and underscored the fact that the mystery of the Incarnation really means that it must be proclaimed rather than defended or accommodated.  Jesus Christ is the manifestation of God in the... continue

Two years ago, in good Puritan style, I preached at my local church the Sunday before Christmas and took as my text Judges 3:31.  It was simply where I had arrived in my exposition of Judges and I saw no... continue

Reading Paul's last post whilst working my way through the MLJ volume for review, I too was struck by the Macleod comments.  Monopolising of influence remains a problem today.   It was pointed out to me recently that an increasing... continue

Five books for Christmas:Gregory K. Beale, A Biblical Theology of the New Testament (Baker).  Monumental work.  My students know I have a thing about people who use `eschatological' every other sentence (the Reformed equivalent of quoting Bono among trendies) but... continue