Category Reformation21

Ezra 7:10 “For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel.” (ESV) I was struck as I listened last night to yet another…

One of the key teachings in the course (on the art and practice of leadership development) that I took at Harvard this past week was the importance of “owning your piece of the mess.” That is to say, as we operate…

As part of our occasional series of interviews with leading London taxi drivers, we are today posing the question,` Karl Barth: Fried or Foe?’ to Joe Strummer – no, not the front man of anarchic, Rock Against Racism, seventies punk…

I’m back home after a week at Harvard University where I attended a course on “the art and practice of leadership development.” The course was led by Marty Linsky and Ronald Heifetz, who co-authored Leadership on the Line. It was…

What do Dylan Thomas, Karl Marx, Jerry Springer and Charles Hodge have in common? The answer is….. Carl Trueman! His inaugural lecture, “Rage, Rage Against the Dying of the Light” has just been published in the latest volume of the…

The Board of Trustees of Westminster Theological Seminary have issued an official statement with respect to recent events concerning Professor Peter Enns, here.

On this day in 1967 the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the USA (PCUSA) adopted (what we now call) the 1967 Confession, a document largely influenced by the liberalization of the doctrine of Scripture (especially by Karl Barth).…

    Joel Beeke has just published a new book, Heirs with Christ: The Puritans on Adoption. You can also watch a video of Joel talking about the book, here  

Tim Challies offers an in-depth review of the self-published bestselling book, The Shack. Tim’s  17-page review is nicely formatted, ideal for sharing with those who might be influenced by or curious about the book, which has become something of a…

This past Sunday I visited Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) church in Lancaster city on a field trip with my students in my course on Christianity and American culture.  This church, named after “Mother Bethel,” the church Richard Allen founded…