Seismic shift or wasted opportunity?
While thinking about the #MeToo movement, and the prominent place being played in it by members of the Hollywood establishment, I have asked myself a couple of times, ‘Is this…
Carl Trueman
Wordsworth and Mrs West
I am grateful to Todd for mentioning my upcoming DC lectures and also to RTS DC for their kindness in asking me to present some of the firstfruits of my…
The Reformation hits the Los Angeles Review of Books
Over at Marginalia, a channel of the Los Angeles Review of Books, my old pal Bruce Gordon of Yale Divinity School has put together a panel of scholars to offer…
Robophobia
Such is the technological and moral temper of our times that a serious report with the bizarre title Our Sexual Future with Robots might scarcely raise an eyebrow in a…
The Joy of Paglian Sex
Lesbian feminists with a penchant for Nietzsche, Freud, and DeSade are not typically my type. Nevertheless, I fell in love with one in 1993 and have never quite recovered. I…
Luther: The Idea That Changed the World
My inbox has been full of positive reactions to the PBS docudrama which aired last night. It is now available online here.
In which I chat to Tony Payne and talk about Robert Burns
I recently had the pleasure of doing a podcast with Tony Payne, of Moore College, Sydney, in which we talked about the piety of the Reformation and Reformers. You can…
The Evils of the Sex Trade
This week's Spectator has a powerful, if very harrowing, article on prostitution and the harm it does. All pastors — all Christians — should read it. It reminded me of…
Reformation Preaching and the Modern Mind
This week I am giving the Moore College Lectures in Sydney. The title of the series (with due homage to the great Peter Taylor Forsyth) is Reformation Preaching and the…
A Brief Response to Professor Gehrz
Over at his blog at Patheos, Professor Chris Gehrz has responded to my most recent post at First Things. Rod Dreher has provided a good reply but I offer here…