Carl Trueman's Posts

Carl Trueman's Posts

Looking back on the creepy cults of the 70s and the self-indulgent excesses of the televangelists of the 80s can be a little like watching an episode of some ghastly 'reality TV show': as the freaks and frauds parade on the television screen, that subtle sentiment of "I thank thee Lord that I am...
Looking back on the creepy cults of the 70s and the self-indulgent excesses of the televangelists of the 80s can be a little like watching an episode of some ghastly 'reality TV show': as the freaks and frauds parade on the television screen, that subtle sentiment of "I thank thee Lord that I am...
I have been persuaded today by concerned parties to enter the lists on the issue of how Luther has been co-opted for the cause of a kind of neo-antinomianism/Sonship theology by some figures in the YRR movement who are using his idioms of law/gospel dialectic and theology of the cross for their own...
I have been persuaded today by concerned parties to enter the lists on the issue of how Luther has been co-opted for the cause of a kind of neo-antinomianism/Sonship theology by some figures in the YRR movement who are using his idioms of law/gospel dialectic and theology of the cross for their own...
One of the little noted advantages of a confessional denomination is the ability to produce reports on urgent contemporary topics. Because such churches enjoy a high degree of unanimity on extensive doctrinal positions, they are free to address such topics not in the spirit of 'what can we say...
One of the little noted advantages of a confessional denomination is the ability to produce reports on urgent contemporary topics. Because such churches enjoy a high degree of unanimity on extensive doctrinal positions, they are free to address such topics not in the spirit of 'what can we say...
The news that Brian McLaren has taken part in the same-sex commitment ceremony of his son has already received comment in the evangelical world. Denny Burk's piece is particularly helpful. It is a reminder that familial ties and relations are powerful and impact the way we think and act. While many...
The news that Brian McLaren has taken part in the same-sex commitment ceremony of his son has already received comment in the evangelical world. Denny Burk's piece is particularly helpful. It is a reminder that familial ties and relations are powerful and impact the way we think and act. While many...
I have not provided any quotation from Peter Taylor Forsyth for a few weeks. So here are two to reflect on. The first makes me think that maybe, just maybe, P.T.F. is the one man in post-apostolic history who could have said something worthwhile within the character limits of a tweet. I truly...
I have not provided any quotation from Peter Taylor Forsyth for a few weeks. So here are two to reflect on. The first makes me think that maybe, just maybe, P.T.F. is the one man in post-apostolic history who could have said something worthwhile within the character limits of a tweet. I truly...