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Simplify Family Worship Donald Whitney A man who is like a spiritual father to me began what he called a "family altar" with his wife before they were married, and has faithfully continued the practice through the arrival of children and grandchildren for more than fifty years. Sadly, it seems that...

I've been preaching through Acts and have been making some references to the "meat offered to idols" issue. And it crossed my mind, "This has some bearing on sneakers and church!" Right! The connection is tenuous, to be sure. Let me explain. Paul's argument with the tenderloin at knock-down prices...

Updating Tolstoy Wages of Spin Carl Trueman Some years ago the BBC produced a new version of Tolstoy's romantic tragedy, Anna Karenina , with the twist was that this was to be an updated version set in the present day. I guess we are all by now familiar with updates of great pieces of literature. I...

Why and How I Teach Heresy Wages of Spin Carl Trueman Teaching heresy is surely one of the most important things that I have to do in my classes at Seminary. Friends will at this point throw up their hands in horror; enemies will smile smugly to themselves and mutter `I told you so!'; but it is...

Better than Chick Lit II Wages of Spin Carl Trueman Last month, I devoted this column to reflecting on some of the areas of Catholicism with which Protestants can not only sympathise but from which they can learn much to their profit. This month, I want to spend my time looking at areas where...

Beyond the Limitations of Chick Lit Wages of Spin Carl Trueman A friend recently asked me to put down a few reflections on Roman Catholicism, whether I thought it was on the whole a good or a bad thing. The conversion of Francis Beckwith, the ETS President, to Roman Catholicism has perhaps made the...

We cannot overemphasize the importance of our seminaries in shaping the theology and spirit of the churches and denominations and missionary enterprise. The tone of the classrooms and teachers exerts profound effect on the tone of our pulpits. What the teachers are passionate about will by and...

Escaping Vanity Fair: A Word of Encouragement from Nietzsche Wages of Spin Carl Trueman The domestication of radical ideas is a well-know phenomenon to anyone who has ever spent time reflecting on history. Browsing in Borders recently, I found Marx's Communist Manifesto on one of the shelves. This...

Categories of literature have expanded well beyond the tragedy/comedy paradigm of earlier days. Genres, in other words, have been fruitful and have multiplied. Into the mix, I propose a new addition, apostasy literature. Definition: a genre, usually taking the form of a memoir, in which the...

"Young, Restless, and Reformed" appeared in Christianity Today in 2006. A book by the same name appeared in the spring of 2008. Collin Hansen offers further reflections since the time of these publications. The article can be found here . I'm thankful for this forum and the chance to reflect on...