How we read and interpret the Bible matters. I know that sounds obvious but it would be hard to estimate the number of serious doctrinal errors that are born from rather simple errors in interpreting the biblical text. I think…
Reformed Christians are heirs to some powerful rallying cries, not all of which start with “sola”. One weighty such slogan from the seventeenth century is semper reformanda, a key tenet in the Reformed understanding. It is often translated as “reformed and always reforming”…
[Editor’s note] This is the first in a series of Christmas-related postings by Carl Trueman. Several will come in this series during the month of December. Not with a Bang but a Whimper While enough of a Puritan to be…
Ouch! The things Christians once got up to! Think, for instance, of old Simeon, the once-ballyhooed guru of the sixth-century Holy Fool movement. Not content with rubbing mustard into the eyes of the partially blind in mock ‘healing’ ceremonies, he…
Ouch! The things Christians once got up to! Think, for instance, of old Simeon, the once-ballyhooed guru of the sixth-century Holy Fool movement. Not content with rubbing mustard into the eyes of the partially blind in mock ‘healing’ ceremonies, he…
Very interesting discussion over at the Gospel Coalition on the role (if any) of unbelievers in the public worship of the church.Your thoughts?
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I felt like a kid in a candy store at this year’s Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) annual meeting held in Atlanta, GA. Deeply discounted commentaries, well-known biblical scholars, bible college friends, and discussion about justification–what more could a bible nerd…
I felt like a kid in a candy store at this year’s Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) annual meeting held in Atlanta, GA. Deeply discounted commentaries, well-known biblical scholars, bible college friends, and discussion about justification–what more could a bible nerd…
A word to all you marathon runners, artists, cake bakers! You think you’re hard done by try having bad grammar and spelling. I’m like a leper in reformed community.
