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Two More Winners

Carl Trueman
Oct 3, 2011
I just received two great pictures of Athanasius from Julia Strassner, aged 8 and Lydia Joy Aloisi, aged 9, and her brother, Micah, aged 6. Fantastic way to start the week, getting such super mail/post. Congratulations, ladies and gentleman, you are the winners of the two remaining Athanasius books...

Fixing the Indemnity

Carl Trueman
Oct 3, 2011
The events of the last ten days or so in the wider world of conservative American evangelicalism can surely have left no one in any doubt of the importance of cults of personality and of celebrity in driving significant agendas in that same world. The extremely negative reactions to my posts...

Fixing the Indemnity

Carl Trueman
Oct 3, 2011
The events of the last ten days or so in the wider world of conservative American evangelicalism can surely have left no one in any doubt of the importance of cults of personality and of celebrity in driving significant agendas in that same world. The extremely negative reactions to my posts...

Levy just does not get it

Carl Trueman
Sep 30, 2011
Levy's post on presidential ministries just doesn't understand how things work over here. Nor does the minister who, in the light of the week's events, sent this to me: I'm preparing for this Lord's Day morning at the moment ... Luke 9:46-56 ... Part of which is about the disciples arguing who was...

Levy just does not get it

Carl Trueman
Sep 30, 2011
Levy's post on presidential ministries just doesn't understand how things work over here. Nor does the minister who, in the light of the week's events, sent this to me: I'm preparing for this Lord's Day morning at the moment ... Luke 9:46-56 ... Part of which is about the disciples arguing who was...

Quantum Theory

Carl Trueman
Sep 30, 2011
Phil Johnson has some good thoughts here . As for me, I'm still trying to work out why a conversation between a few well-known guys, a couple of whom at least seem rather confused about the Trinity, is going to be a great conversation about the.... Trinity. Meanwhile, for anyone interested, Paul...

Quantum Theory

Carl Trueman
Sep 30, 2011
Phil Johnson has some good thoughts here . As for me, I'm still trying to work out why a conversation between a few well-known guys, a couple of whom at least seem rather confused about the Trinity, is going to be a great conversation about the.... Trinity. Meanwhile, for anyone interested, Paul...

Two more

Carl Trueman
Sep 30, 2011
Simonetta has emailed to offer two further copies of her book on Athanasius. Same rules as last time.

Two more

Carl Trueman
Sep 30, 2011
Simonetta has emailed to offer two further copies of her book on Athanasius. Same rules as last time.

Competition Over!

Carl Trueman
Sep 29, 2011
Amazing to tell, I already have a letter and a fine picture of Athanasius which arrived moments ago from a young chap called Emmett Lam. Well done. I'll put the book in the post. Enjoy. The picture will adorn the Dean's desk at WTS. Sorry to anyone else who might have mailed. I'll try to answer all...

Competition Over!

Carl Trueman
Sep 29, 2011
Amazing to tell, I already have a letter and a fine picture of Athanasius which arrived moments ago from a young chap called Emmett Lam. Well done. I'll put the book in the post. Enjoy. The picture will adorn the Dean's desk at WTS. Sorry to anyone else who might have mailed. I'll try to answer all...

Free Gift

Carl Trueman
Sep 29, 2011
Reformation heritage books have kindly sent me a copy of Simonetta Carr's new children's book on Athanasius to give away. As with all Simonetta's books, it is is beautifully produced, lavishly illustrated and delightfully well-written. I will give the book to the first ten or under year old who can...

Free Gift

Carl Trueman
Sep 29, 2011
Reformation heritage books have kindly sent me a copy of Simonetta Carr's new children's book on Athanasius to give away. As with all Simonetta's books, it is is beautifully produced, lavishly illustrated and delightfully well-written. I will give the book to the first ten or under year old who can...

L'Orthodoxie? C'est Moi!

Carl Trueman
Sep 29, 2011
In reflecting further on the issue of accountability, I have noticed a rhetorical trick played by some of the fellows who have caused controversy recently. If you look at Furtick's Hey, Haters or Macdonald's Elephant Room 1 video, the most noticeable thing, after the powerful aesthetics, is the...

L'Orthodoxie? C'est Moi!

Carl Trueman
Sep 29, 2011
In reflecting further on the issue of accountability, I have noticed a rhetorical trick played by some of the fellows who have caused controversy recently. If you look at Furtick's Hey, Haters or Macdonald's Elephant Room 1 video, the most noticeable thing, after the powerful aesthetics, is the...

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

Carl Trueman
Sep 28, 2011
A theme which has preoccupied me for over a decade now is that of accountability. It first came to my attention in the late 90s and is something with which I have wrestled ever since. It was ultimately what drove me from being an independent Baptist to being a confessional Presbyterian; and, along...

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

Carl Trueman
Sep 28, 2011
A theme which has preoccupied me for over a decade now is that of accountability. It first came to my attention in the late 90s and is something with which I have wrestled ever since. It was ultimately what drove me from being an independent Baptist to being a confessional Presbyterian; and, along...

Is Nicene Christianity that important? An historical-ecumenical note

Carl Trueman
Sep 27, 2011
There is an interesting statement about the Trinity by Gospel Coalition council member and regular contributor, James Macdonald, with reference to his invitation to T D Jakes to speak at a conference. I quote the relevant section: I affirm the doctrine of the Trinity as I find it in Scripture. I...

Is Nicene Christianity that important? An historical-ecumenical note

Carl Trueman
Sep 27, 2011
There is an interesting statement about the Trinity by Gospel Coalition council member and regular contributor, James Macdonald, with reference to his invitation to T D Jakes to speak at a conference. I quote the relevant section: I affirm the doctrine of the Trinity as I find it in Scripture. I...

Apologies: This is more nauseating than yesterday

Carl Trueman
Sep 27, 2011
The man with the imprimatur of the gospel great and the gospel good does do hospital visitation -- but only once you've died . What is more disturbing? His philosophy of pastoral ministry or the fact he is apparently welcome in apparently legitimate company?

Apologies: This is more nauseating than yesterday

Carl Trueman
Sep 27, 2011
The man with the imprimatur of the gospel great and the gospel good does do hospital visitation -- but only once you've died . What is more disturbing? His philosophy of pastoral ministry or the fact he is apparently welcome in apparently legitimate company?

2 Corinthians 6:6-7

Carl Trueman
Sep 26, 2011
I read 2 Cor 6 this morning. Then, in an idle moment, my attention was brought to Phil Johnson's latest post over at Pyromaniacs . As usual, the good doctor nails it. And I was more sickened than I have been for many a year by what he highlights there -- the videos and the defence of what the...

2 Corinthians 6:6-7

Carl Trueman
Sep 26, 2011
I read 2 Cor 6 this morning. Then, in an idle moment, my attention was brought to Phil Johnson's latest post over at Pyromaniacs . As usual, the good doctor nails it. And I was more sickened than I have been for many a year by what he highlights there -- the videos and the defence of what the...

Is the Reformation nearly over? Perhaps, but maybe not for the reason you think,

Carl Trueman
Sep 25, 2011
Time was that the megachurch was not highly thought of by those who claimed the name Reformed or looked to the Reformation for their historical inspiration. This was consistent with two basic concerns which had high priority for the Reformers: opposition to things such as pluralities (ministers...

Is the Reformation nearly over? Perhaps, but maybe not for the reason you think,

Carl Trueman
Sep 25, 2011
Time was that the megachurch was not highly thought of by those who claimed the name Reformed or looked to the Reformation for their historical inspiration. This was consistent with two basic concerns which had high priority for the Reformers: opposition to things such as pluralities (ministers...

Subversive Belief

Carl Trueman
Sep 20, 2011
A reader from Scotland sent this link in this morning, on the subversive nature of belief in modern culture. As a postscript, the reference to Richard Dawkins is interesting. Back home the other week, I watched a BBC documentary on P G Wodehouse. Among the many intelligent commentators interviewed...

Subversive Belief

Carl Trueman
Sep 20, 2011
A reader from Scotland sent this link in this morning, on the subversive nature of belief in modern culture. As a postscript, the reference to Richard Dawkins is interesting. Back home the other week, I watched a BBC documentary on P G Wodehouse. Among the many intelligent commentators interviewed...

The Sweet Smell of Success

Carl Trueman
Sep 14, 2011
It is now some sixteen years since the disaster that was `The Nine O'Clock Service.' This was the name given to an Anglican church in Sheffield which had started as a signs and wonders gig, gone Anglican, morphed into an odd fusion of Anglo-Catholicism and ecological mysticism and finally gone bust...

The Sweet Smell of Success

Carl Trueman
Sep 14, 2011
It is now some sixteen years since the disaster that was `The Nine O'Clock Service.' This was the name given to an Anglican church in Sheffield which had started as a signs and wonders gig, gone Anglican, morphed into an odd fusion of Anglo-Catholicism and ecological mysticism and finally gone bust...

New book on the deity of Christ

Carl Trueman
Sep 14, 2011
The Deity of Christ is the latest volume in the series, Theology in Community , which is being published by Crossway under the editorship of Christopher W. Morgan and Robert A. Peterson. The series is aimed at the thoughtful and informed elder or seminary student; it is also designed to bring...

New book on the deity of Christ

Carl Trueman
Sep 14, 2011
The Deity of Christ is the latest volume in the series, Theology in Community , which is being published by Crossway under the editorship of Christopher W. Morgan and Robert A. Peterson. The series is aimed at the thoughtful and informed elder or seminary student; it is also designed to bring...

Right Jabs and Left Hooks

Carl Trueman
Sep 13, 2011
There is a new book coming out in October, Left, Right and Christ , co-authored by Lisa Sharon Harper and D C Innes. Lisa works with Sojourners and David lectures at The King's College, New York, and is an ordained minister in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. I have had the privilege of seeing an...

Right Jabs and Left Hooks

Carl Trueman
Sep 13, 2011
There is a new book coming out in October, Left, Right and Christ , co-authored by Lisa Sharon Harper and D C Innes. Lisa works with Sojourners and David lectures at The King's College, New York, and is an ordained minister in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. I have had the privilege of seeing an...

The Unfortunate Consequences of the Game of the Name

Carl Trueman
Sep 13, 2011
I have a short piece coming up on Counterpoints next week, questioning the usefulness of a term I have myself used in the past and which Albert Mohler uses in the new book from Zondervan, Four Views on the Spectrum of Evangelicalism : confessional evangelicalism. That piece will focus on the...

The Unfortunate Consequences of the Game of the Name

Carl Trueman
Sep 13, 2011
I have a short piece coming up on Counterpoints next week, questioning the usefulness of a term I have myself used in the past and which Albert Mohler uses in the new book from Zondervan, Four Views on the Spectrum of Evangelicalism : confessional evangelicalism. That piece will focus on the...

A Lesson from Marx for the SBC

Carl Trueman
Sep 7, 2011
It seems a bit of a brouhaha is developing over the exclusion of (or, perhaps better, lack of invitation to) evangelical Protestants from participation in the religious ceremonies at the National Cathedral this weekend to commemorate 9/11. The prayer vigil will, according to Fox News , include the...

A Lesson from Marx for the SBC

Carl Trueman
Sep 7, 2011
It seems a bit of a brouhaha is developing over the exclusion of (or, perhaps better, lack of invitation to) evangelical Protestants from participation in the religious ceremonies at the National Cathedral this weekend to commemorate 9/11. The prayer vigil will, according to Fox News , include the...

Mid-Nineteenth Century Europe: A Resource for Twenty-First Century America?

Carl Trueman
Aug 22, 2011
In the current climate of uncertainty in America, along with the peculiar self questioning and decline in confidence of theologically conservative Christians, the time may well be ripe for American Christians to study the events of the 1830s and 40s in Europe. True, the world of iPads and...

Mid-Nineteenth Century Europe: A Resource for Twenty-First Century America?

Carl Trueman
Aug 22, 2011
In the current climate of uncertainty in America, along with the peculiar self questioning and decline in confidence of theologically conservative Christians, the time may well be ripe for American Christians to study the events of the 1830s and 40s in Europe. True, the world of iPads and...

PS from PS

Carl Trueman
Aug 18, 2011
Pete Sanlon tells me that, if you download The Spectator app for the iPad, the N T Wright article is part of the free content this week.

PS from PS

Carl Trueman
Aug 18, 2011
Pete Sanlon tells me that, if you download The Spectator app for the iPad, the N T Wright article is part of the free content this week.

Wright on the C of E

Carl Trueman
Aug 17, 2011
It doesn't seem to be on the web yet at www.spectator.co.uk , but N T Wright had an interesting piece in the best magazine in the world bar none, The Spectator , on the C of E. Interesting but nowhere near as much fun as anything written by Rod Liddle. Keep checking the Spec's site and sooner or...

Wright on the C of E

Carl Trueman
Aug 17, 2011
It doesn't seem to be on the web yet at www.spectator.co.uk , but N T Wright had an interesting piece in the best magazine in the world bar none, The Spectator , on the C of E. Interesting but nowhere near as much fun as anything written by Rod Liddle. Keep checking the Spec's site and sooner or...

Peter Leithart on Athanasius: A Book Review

Carl Trueman
Aug 16, 2011
Peter Leithart, Athanasius (Baker Academic). The last decade or so has seen the production a number of fine monographs on Athanasius by scholars such as Khaled Anatolios and Thomas Weinandy. To that list can now be added this volume by Peter Leithart. As with all of Leithart's work, it is as...

Peter Leithart on Athanasius: A Book Review

Carl Trueman
Aug 16, 2011
Peter Leithart, Athanasius (Baker Academic). The last decade or so has seen the production a number of fine monographs on Athanasius by scholars such as Khaled Anatolios and Thomas Weinandy. To that list can now be added this volume by Peter Leithart. As with all of Leithart's work, it is as...

End of the World? Or Business as Usual?

Carl Trueman
Aug 15, 2011
There has been a huge amount of blog traffic, not least in the Christian blogosphere, on the recent riots in the UK. Without wishing to minimize in any way the awful devastation to lives and to property these riots represent, I do think it is important to make one point which seems to have been...

End of the World? Or Business as Usual?

Carl Trueman
Aug 15, 2011
There has been a huge amount of blog traffic, not least in the Christian blogosphere, on the recent riots in the UK. Without wishing to minimize in any way the awful devastation to lives and to property these riots represent, I do think it is important to make one point which seems to have been...

Teaching the Trinity to Kids

Carl Trueman
Aug 12, 2011
So has Colin Buchanan's mixing of a talk of mine on the Trinity made me a celeb, as Derek and Gabe now claim? Maybe. But surely only in the 3 to 10 year old bracket. Gabe's daughter will no doubt testify that I have been a celebrity to that age bracket for a long time now. And there's no money and...

Teaching the Trinity to Kids

Carl Trueman
Aug 12, 2011
So has Colin Buchanan's mixing of a talk of mine on the Trinity made me a celeb, as Derek and Gabe now claim? Maybe. But surely only in the 3 to 10 year old bracket. Gabe's daughter will no doubt testify that I have been a celebrity to that age bracket for a long time now. And there's no money and...

Article on Riots and Looting

Carl Trueman
Aug 11, 2011
Mike Ovey, Principal of Oak Hill Theological College in Southgate, London, has written a most helpful article on the recent spate of street violence in Britain. You can find it here .