Is it just me, or has there been an outbreak this past week of embarrassing examples of Christians dialoging badly with one another in the public square? Off the top of my head: R. Scott Clark’s blog response to Clark…
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…
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…
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…
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…
In 1998, whilst on faculty at the University of Nottingham, UK, I was invited by my late and much missed mentor, Bob Horn, to become the editor of Themelios, the UCCF/IFES theological journal. It was a key moment for me,…
Proof positive that Brother Trueman’s two greatest loves — after the present Mrs T and England beating the Welsh at rugby, of course — are truly the secret of long life. If the Southern Baptists ever decide to ban…
Mike Ovey of Oak Hill has a video good interview with Carl Trueman. From their website: Part 1: The doctrine of scripture – Mike and Carl discuss scripture, starting with the question: “Is it still useful to describe scripture as…
INTRODUCTION Reformed Christians are indebted to the Puritans for a variety of reasons, not the least of which for their contribution to preaching. In many ways, Puritan preaching was the very heartbeat of the Puritan movement. It would be no…
This week, I want to focus on a few good books that have recently been published or are about to hit the bookshelves. I also want to address the tricky question of Luther and the Jews: both in virtually every…
