This article from the BBC has a lot of common sense missing from Christian circles on forgiveness. There’s also nonsense in the article about forgiving yourself and so forgiving others. It makes the wonder of the gospel even more stark that God…
It’s hardly Keats or TS ELliott but in going through an old Rutherford journal I found this. It’s slightly dated as no one in their right mind would say lock a minister up with his computer today, this blog is proof…
There are very few books I get to read twice. Me and Mrs L got away for a couple of days this week and I took with me Grace, Grit and Gumption by Geraint Fielder. It tells the story of…
While some have thought that what has been termed the “battle for the Bible” was successfully concluded in evangelical circles almost three decades back, there can be little doubt at this point that the doctrine of Scripture is now a…
Perhaps, Carl, this will work as a solution to all this celebrity pastor business. Here’s a comment from a reader at the blog: All this talk about British versus American. Take the perfect compromise – become Canadian. No celebrities here.…
Each Easter week, the media reminds us that it, too, operates by a church calendar of sorts, returning like a carousel at this time of year to spin out a spate of speculative stories about the life of the human…
I knew I should have left Carl alone! I knew I was making a mistake. Thirty-two seconds after my original post he responded with a 55-point rebuttal. The man has more counter-points at the ready than Amilda Marcos had shoes……
Not wishing to interrupt Carl and Thabiti – ‘Hear no evil and See no evil’. I remember reading this about Schaeffer and VIP treatment On another but related note our congregation is about to be launch out on a building…
Who in their right minds would do a little “push back” with Carl Trueman??? Okay, there’s my disclaimer. Right up front: I’m not in my right mind. This is crazy. Really. It’s stupid. He’d hate my saying it, but Carl…
In recent months both the elders and the staff team at their meetings have been discussing ‘The Trellis and the Vine’ by Colin Marshall and Tony Payne, both Australians with many years of ministry experience. The thesis of the book…
