Blogs by Carl Trueman

There is an interesting article over at Gospel Coalition on celebrity pastors.  I think the writer fails to make the important distinction between being a well-known public figure and being a celebrity but the points are well-made.Nevertheless, one matter that... continue

Two disclaimers: First, I was only the keyboard player and we never produced singles, only albums.  That limits my celebrity.Second, local Christian bookshops were swamped this morning by people returning their copies of the Shorter Catechism amidst rumours that, if... continue

Readers of Reformation 21 will know that the Church of Scotland has been having heated debates over the legitimacy of homosexuality for some time.  What you might not know is that a steady stream of courageous ministers are taking a... continue

One of the challenges that faces the preacher is the extent to which he concedes his ignorance or agnosticism over the meaning of a particular verse while in the pulpit.  No preacher wants to lose the authoritative `Thus saith the... continue

The debate over the book on the mission of the church by Kevin DeYoung and Greg Gilbert over at the Gospel Coalition and beyond is fascinating, both for its content and because it is likely a premonition of battles to... continue

I learned many things while at the Proclamation Trust last week but two stand out as particularly important.  First, there is nothing like talking to Paul Levy about Welsh mysticism, putting it to the sword and seeing his agony of... continue

A week in the UK with the pastors at the Proclamation Trust and a return to the US indicates it is business as usual for the influential evangelical organisations in both places.  Over there, Levy and I were the token... continue

A strange weekend.   Arrived in the UK Saturday and stayed with Paul Levy which was positively Dostoevskian.  I had been convinced by various emails sent to Reformation 21 that Levy was, in fact, a pseudonymous clown I had myself... continue

Yesterday, I reflected on the forgotten insight of Luther: not his development of the theology of the cross but rather his development of the idea of the theologian of the cross.   Behind this idea, however, lies an even more profound... continue

One of the things that is so striking about the current revival of interest in Reformation theology, broadly conceived, is the absence of perhaps the most glorious contribution of Martin Luther to theological discourse: the notion of the theologian of... continue