Blogs by Carl Trueman

So the Tiger finally breaks his silence, and it's a truly great shame.   Out of control he may have been, but that he has now publicly apologised "to each and every one" of us "simply and directly" for his... continue

Who would have thought that the greatest living Englishman would turn out to be Welsh?  Wyn Jones is my hero.... continue

A couple of years ago, I wrote a short piece arguing that not all wives and mothers were cut out to homeschool.  As a result, I received a note threatening terminal physical violence against me if ever I showed up... continue

I knew I was right.  And the ever vigilant Mrs Peel has found confirmation from the pen of that modern day Hazlitt, that plain speaking voice of common sense in a world too full of madness, Rod Liddle.... continue

As this nation, if not the world (BBC2 clearing its schedules????), embarrasses itself in California this morning, it's good to read somebody who nails the problem.... continue

So the Catholics have their relics and we have our.... commemorative volumes?  How long before John Calvin Soap on A Rope?   A signed photo of Del at the Reformers' wall?  Would that qualify as a Derelic, I wonder? Del's comments... continue

Three things of note:1. The interview between Mark Dever and Ken Myers at 9Marks is worth a listen.  Myers is particularly interesting on blogs -- he rarely reads them, and never bothers with the comment threads, given their status as... continue

OK, I don't point people to the National Review very often but, as I get older, balder, and descend further into the demented netherworld of MMAGdom, some of it does start to make more sense (especially now that I see... continue

One of the striking things about popular representations of public executions in the eighteenth century is the contrast between the French and the English approach. French artists typically ignored the gathered crowd and focused in detail on the face of... continue

Our friends at Southern Seminary are set for a bumper summer relative to publishing.  First, there is the new biography by Tom Nettles of founding president, James Petigru Boyce.  Then there are two collections of early Southern Baptist writings from... continue