Carl Trueman's Posts

Carl Trueman's Posts

If you think a vote is a sin, then have the courage to treat it as such

Carl Trueman
Nov 10, 2016
It's been interesting seeing some of the sharp rhetoric being used about Christian voting over the last few weeks, rhetoric that has if anything become more extreme in the last twenty-four hours. But here's the thing: if you are a pastor who thinks an evangelical who voted for Trump has...

The Countdown Begins

Carl Trueman
Oct 31, 2016
Reformation Day 1516 brings us to the final year countdown to the 500th anniversary of Luther's call for a debate about the nature and scope of indulgences, the event which is popularly seen as the start of the Reformation. It promises to be a busy year for Luther maniacs like myself and here...

Reading Luther

Carl Trueman
Oct 4, 2016
If reading about Luther’s life is essential as a means of orienting you to understanding his theology, the next thing is to read that theology for yourself. If you have Latin and German and access to a decent theological library, then the Weimar edition of Luther’s works is an option...

Building a Luther Library

Carl Trueman
Sep 26, 2016
As October looms, so does Reformation season. And this year, of course, we stand on the threshold of the 500 th anniversary of the posting by Luther of his Ninety-Five Theses Against Indulgences . Next year will no doubt bring a bumper crop of Lutherana in its wake but in a series of posts over the...

Luther 500

Carl Trueman
Sep 15, 2016
As 2017, the 500th anniversary of the nailing of the Ninety-Five Theses to that infamous door, looms, we can expect a deluge of Luther materials. It is going to be the nearest thing to church history heaven on earth for those of us who love the Doc. Almost first out of the blocks, it seems, is an...

A New Psalms Album

Carl Trueman
Sep 13, 2016
A few weeks ago I received a small package from a man announcing himself as the father of one Wendell Kimbrough, and containing his son's new cd of Psalms. I always wince at such arrivals on the grounds that I fear I am going to have to come perilously close to breaking the Ninth Commandment...

New Translation of Gn. 3:16

Carl Trueman
Sep 12, 2016
I use the ESV and so does my church. I enjoy it as a translation, though sometimes prefer the TNIV for narrative sections. I am no biblical linguist, so that is a purely aesthetic judgment based upon readability. Scot McKnight just posted an interesting and typically provocative analysis of the...

All About Identity

Carl Trueman
Sep 12, 2016


Why has this Trinitarian issue generated such passion? Given the fact that the EFS/ERAS/anti-eternal generation view has been shown to be wrong, why has there been no ‘We’re sorry we misled the church for so long. We recant our errors. We resolve to do better in the future.’?...

In the end, it all comes down to this.

Carl Trueman
Sep 9, 2016
I was interviewed on Wednesday for a forthcoming movie about the New Calvinism. Afterwards, the interviewer commented on how kind and charitable my comments had been compared to my writings on the subject. I responded that that was of course the case – in the movie, I was speaking for and...

Rachel Miller on CBMW and EFS/ERAS

Carl Trueman
Aug 24, 2016
Rachel Miller has a fine post tracing the relationship between CBMW and EFS/ERAS. It is also helpful in highlighting connections (which I was told I misrepresented in my first post on the subject) between various of the headlining Big Eva organizations. I am perplexed that a Christian organization...