The U.S. a Muslim Nation?
First we were told that America is not a Christian nation. Now, there is a sense in which I agree. Certainly we are a majority Christian nation and our laws and national identity were shaped through the lens of a…
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Blog 109: 3.4.27 – 3.4.31
Among the list of things I missed by not growing up Catholic would be the discussion of venial and mortal sins. Alas, all lost on me. But one thing I do remember hearing while growing up is that sin is…
Finding God In The Shack
Finding God in the Shack: Seeking Truth in a Story of Evil and RedemptionBy Roger E. Olson160 p.IVP (February 2009) Roger Olson’s Finding God in the Shack (IVP Books, 2009) is an extended review and discussion of the theology articulated…
Doctrine and Doxology
I remember a meeting several years ago with the General Secretary of the World Council of Churches. He told me that the old WCC slogan, “Doctrine Divides, Service Unites,” had proven unworkable. “Actually,” he said, “it’s the other way around.…
Issues at Erskine
A group of evangelical students at Erskine has recently launched a website to bring the attention of the proper church authorities to some important institutional issues there. Given Carl’s very legitimate concerns about websites, blogs and online semi-ecclesiastical petitions, I…
Pravda on U.S. Marxism
For many years Pravada was the primary propaganda tool of the Soviet Union. Now it is a cheerleader for Russian nationalism. It seems that Pravda has some observations about and scoldings for the U.S. It must be said, that like…
Calvin and the Anabaptists, the Neo-Reformed and the Neo-Anabaptists
Kevin DeYoung, building on Willem Balke’s work in Calvin and the Anabaptist Radicals, looks at some of the parallels between Calvin and some of his heirs (the so-called Neo-Reformed) and the Emergent-friendly Anabaptists of today. He also offers some suggestions…
Blog 108: 3.4.21 – 3.4.26
Now comes the payoff. Calvin offers a quick summary (3.4.24). This medieval Roman Catholic practice of confession is nothing but a “tyrannous law,” adding that it is “one promulgated in contempt of God” (3.4.24). Against it Calvin simply puts the…
The New Car from the New GM?
* Thanks to Riddleblog for the picture.
I am worse than you think
Carl Trueman is Professor of Church History and Vice President of Academic Affairs at Westminster Seminary. He also has forgotten more about being attacked and criticized than most of us will ever know. Over at Ref21 Dr. Trueman, one of…