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A Legacy of Shame: Luther and the Jews

Some years ago I was standing at a pedestrian crossing in the town of Echterdingen, near Stuttgart in Germany. It was a Sunday morning. The crossing light was at red. I looked quickly left and right, there was no car…

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A Legacy of Shame: Luther and the Jews

Some years ago I was standing at a pedestrian crossing in the town of Echterdingen, near Stuttgart in Germany. It was a Sunday morning. The crossing light was at red. I looked quickly left and right, there was no car…

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Where Everybody Knows Your Name

Carl, thanks for the thoughtful post. As usual, there’s always food for thought–and I always want just a bit more nuance here or there! What do you think about how this all relates to a plurality of elders? It seems…

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Poor old Trueman….

A bad week for Trueman, a good week for taxi drivers.  Now he’s upset the Lutherans — say it ain’t so!  Clearly, his appeal to pray for the spread of the gospel in Germany should not have included prayer for…

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Remembering Marx… or not

In our Friday morning staff meeting (at First Presbyterian Church, Jackson that is), Ligon invariably asks me to lead in a devotional. This morning I reflected for a moment or two on the fact that on August 26, 1824, Karl…

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The Encyclopedia Puritannica Project

I’m currently at the Puritan Reformed Conference in Grand Rapids, and thoroughly enjoying myself. ‘The Beauty and Glory of Christ’ – why did no-one think of a conference with this grand theme before? One of the blessings is books and…

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And this one for comic relief…..

What year did Trueman graduate from Westminster?  And who ghost wrote all those pesky books and articles for mainstream academic presses? Answers on a postcard please. Mr. Bahnsen would like to know.   Leaves one wondering if anyone actually reads Trueman…

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Late Summer Reading

Not wishing to disturb Trueman (who seems to be on a roll), I have a couple of books to bring to your attention. Both of these are by former colleagues of mine (and therefore I’m totally biased). The first is…

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Truemanus refutatus

It’s good to see that our errant colleague, Trueman, has been roundly refuted over at the Christianity Today online edition, regarding his comments on Dinesh D’Souza’s appointment at King’s.  CRT had, of course, made the ridiculous point that the appointment…