Carl Trueman's Posts

Carl Trueman's Posts

If the great need of this hour, as of every other, is preachers of the gospel, then it is surely worth while to reflect on a regular basis on the nature of, and qualifications for, a call to the ministry. I start with a quotation from Bishop Robinson -- no, not that one; rather Donald Robinson, the...
If the great need of this hour, as of every other, is preachers of the gospel, then it is surely worth while to reflect on a regular basis on the nature of, and qualifications for, a call to the ministry. I start with a quotation from Bishop Robinson -- no, not that one; rather Donald Robinson, the...
Today marks the passing of traveler, writer and adventurer Patrick Leigh Fermor. His obituary brought back memories. My father bought me his classic travel book, Between the Woods and the Water when it was published in 1986. It was his account of traveling across a Europe which was about to descend...
Today marks the passing of traveler, writer and adventurer Patrick Leigh Fermor. His obituary brought back memories. My father bought me his classic travel book, Between the Woods and the Water when it was published in 1986. It was his account of traveling across a Europe which was about to descend...
While The Daily Record is generally about as reliable and trustworthy in its judgments as an academic librarian at a Milan fashion show, it usually gets the scoop on anything sensational in Scotland. It currently carries the news that Dominic Smart, minister of Gilcomston South Church in Aberdeen,...
While The Daily Record is generally about as reliable and trustworthy in its judgments as an academic librarian at a Milan fashion show, it usually gets the scoop on anything sensational in Scotland. It currently carries the news that Dominic Smart, minister of Gilcomston South Church in Aberdeen,...
Here is a thought-provoking quotation from John Henry Newman on the Athanasian Creed where he addresses the vulnerability of said creed to criticism by those who set theology and worship in opposition (no, that's not something of which the church was stupidly unaware until some soul-patched...
Here is a thought-provoking quotation from John Henry Newman on the Athanasian Creed where he addresses the vulnerability of said creed to criticism by those who set theology and worship in opposition (no, that's not something of which the church was stupidly unaware until some soul-patched...
Here are two thought provoking paragraphs from Geoff Thomas's recent address at Westminster. No quotations from Alice Cooper but there is one from an even higher source, perhaps in honour of Bob's 70th. As GT said to me afterwards, `You never saw that coming, did you?' Aberystwyth is a small town...
Here are two thought provoking paragraphs from Geoff Thomas's recent address at Westminster. No quotations from Alice Cooper but there is one from an even higher source, perhaps in honour of Bob's 70th. As GT said to me afterwards, `You never saw that coming, did you?' Aberystwyth is a small town...