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Offa's Dyke

Carl Trueman
Nov 3, 2008
Now that Paul Levy, the Welsh presbyterian equivalent of renowned Catholic churchman, Father Jack Hackett has invaded Ref21, I wonder if it's not time that the Gnome added some Offa's Dyke software protection to keep the Welsh out. After all, two volumes on Calvinistic methodists hardly compensates...

Offa's Dyke

Carl Trueman
Nov 3, 2008
Now that Paul Levy, the Welsh presbyterian equivalent of renowned Catholic churchman, Father Jack Hackett has invaded Ref21, I wonder if it's not time that the Gnome added some Offa's Dyke software protection to keep the Welsh out. After all, two volumes on Calvinistic methodists hardly compensates...

Piper Interview

Carl Trueman
Oct 30, 2008
My old friend and UCCF colleague from Themelios days, Dr. Mike Reeves, has an interview with John Piper on justification over at Theology Network. You can find it here .

Piper Interview

Carl Trueman
Oct 30, 2008
My old friend and UCCF colleague from Themelios days, Dr. Mike Reeves, has an interview with John Piper on justification over at Theology Network. You can find it here .

Decalogue

Carl Trueman
Oct 8, 2008
To answer Phil's question, I am speaking on the Decalogue in the thought of John Owen. A tricky topic, as it can be approached in a number of ways and I have not yet settled in my own mind how to deal with it. The major religious/political/social flashpoints in Owen's era in terms of the Decalogue...

Decalogue

Carl Trueman
Oct 8, 2008
To answer Phil's question, I am speaking on the Decalogue in the thought of John Owen. A tricky topic, as it can be approached in a number of ways and I have not yet settled in my own mind how to deal with it. The major religious/political/social flashpoints in Owen's era in terms of the Decalogue...

The Future of American Education

Carl Trueman
Oct 3, 2008
A friend just brought this quotation to my attention: "In the future, the great republic may only have blog schools, those being schools where students are taught to sit in their underwear in front of their luminescent laptops and pound out semiliterate diktats to an -- for the most part --...

The Future of American Education

Carl Trueman
Oct 3, 2008
A friend just brought this quotation to my attention: "In the future, the great republic may only have blog schools, those being schools where students are taught to sit in their underwear in front of their luminescent laptops and pound out semiliterate diktats to an -- for the most part --...

I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues

Carl Trueman
Sep 11, 2008
While fast asleep in my office yesterday, I was rudely awakened by the advent of Steve Nichols and son (who then raided my chocolate bowl; he needs to know there's no such thing as a free lunch.....). Steve handed me a copy of his latest (when it comes to writing, is he man or machine???), the long...

I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues

Carl Trueman
Sep 11, 2008
While fast asleep in my office yesterday, I was rudely awakened by the advent of Steve Nichols and son (who then raided my chocolate bowl; he needs to know there's no such thing as a free lunch.....). Steve handed me a copy of his latest (when it comes to writing, is he man or machine???), the long...

Psalm 115 and Librarians

Carl Trueman
Sep 10, 2008
In the wake of Rodney's intervention on the Sarah Palin doll story yesterday, an interested reader sent in the following link to another graven image site. Given the theology of Psalm 115, I believe we now have a theological answer to one of the world's great mysteries: why do librarians behave and...

Psalm 115 and Librarians

Carl Trueman
Sep 10, 2008
In the wake of Rodney's intervention on the Sarah Palin doll story yesterday, an interested reader sent in the following link to another graven image site. Given the theology of Psalm 115, I believe we now have a theological answer to one of the world's great mysteries: why do librarians behave and...

A new CRT series

Carl Trueman
Sep 10, 2008
Don't panic, the CRT is not yours truly, or even the anagrammatic and enigmatic A Cruel TR Man, but a new series of texts in classic Reformed theology, produced under the editorial oversight of Scott Clark at Westminster Seminary in California. Richard Muller says of the series: This is an...

A new CRT series

Carl Trueman
Sep 10, 2008
Don't panic, the CRT is not yours truly, or even the anagrammatic and enigmatic A Cruel TR Man, but a new series of texts in classic Reformed theology, produced under the editorial oversight of Scott Clark at Westminster Seminary in California. Richard Muller says of the series: This is an...

Our Chief of Men

Carl Trueman
Sep 4, 2008
Britain's Independent has an interesting article on a new book on Oliver Cromwell -- in my view the greatest Englishman who ever lived, and whose portrait, alongside that of Luther and the Protector's son-in-law, Henry Ireton, hang on the Great Wall of the Regicides in the Dean's office at...

Our Chief of Men

Carl Trueman
Sep 4, 2008
Britain's Independent has an interesting article on a new book on Oliver Cromwell -- in my view the greatest Englishman who ever lived, and whose portrait, alongside that of Luther and the Protector's son-in-law, Henry Ireton, hang on the Great Wall of the Regicides in the Dean's office at...

Pass the sickbag....

Carl Trueman
Sep 2, 2008
I confess that, until I read September's Monthly Record of the Free Church of Scotland, I was blissfully unaware of the antics of Canadian evangelist, Todd Bentley. This is a delightful chap who's leading a `revival' ( sic and, in this case sick ) in Florida. Apparently, his ministry involves...

Pass the sickbag....

Carl Trueman
Sep 2, 2008
I confess that, until I read September's Monthly Record of the Free Church of Scotland, I was blissfully unaware of the antics of Canadian evangelist, Todd Bentley. This is a delightful chap who's leading a `revival' ( sic and, in this case sick ) in Florida. Apparently, his ministry involves...

A Bargain!

Carl Trueman
Aug 18, 2008
Westminster Seminary Bookstore are doing a great deal on Machen's Christianity and Liberalism at the moment. You can buy your copy here .

A Bargain!

Carl Trueman
Aug 18, 2008
Westminster Seminary Bookstore are doing a great deal on Machen's Christianity and Liberalism at the moment. You can buy your copy here .

Interesting Article

Carl Trueman
Aug 18, 2008
There's a fascinating article in The London Review of Books by Jonathan Raban on Neil Entwistle, the Englishman who murdered his American wife and child a year or two ago. The article is worth reading for a number of reasons. First, it is perhaps the best description and analysis of the strange...

Interesting Article

Carl Trueman
Aug 18, 2008
There's a fascinating article in The London Review of Books by Jonathan Raban on Neil Entwistle, the Englishman who murdered his American wife and child a year or two ago. The article is worth reading for a number of reasons. First, it is perhaps the best description and analysis of the strange...

Witherington on Rock -- a Socio-Rhetorical Commentary

Carl Trueman
Aug 14, 2008
For any moshers out there who might be interested: Ben Witherington, evangelical NT scholar, has been posting a series of `classic rock' lists on his blog, showing that he is not simply one of the most readable and lucid NT scholars for idiots like myself from outside the field; he's also a man of...

Witherington on Rock -- a Socio-Rhetorical Commentary

Carl Trueman
Aug 14, 2008
For any moshers out there who might be interested: Ben Witherington, evangelical NT scholar, has been posting a series of `classic rock' lists on his blog, showing that he is not simply one of the most readable and lucid NT scholars for idiots like myself from outside the field; he's also a man of...

Free Confessions

Carl Trueman
Aug 13, 2008
One of my students brought to my attention the fact that ChristianAudio.com are offering Augustine's Confessions as their free download of the month for August. You'll find the link here . As a former student once said in chapel, `Dr Trueman told us in Ancient Church that if you have never read...

Free Confessions

Carl Trueman
Aug 13, 2008
One of my students brought to my attention the fact that ChristianAudio.com are offering Augustine's Confessions as their free download of the month for August. You'll find the link here . As a former student once said in chapel, `Dr Trueman told us in Ancient Church that if you have never read...

Rosell on Evangelicalism

Carl Trueman
Aug 9, 2008
I'm just finishing Garth M. Rosell's very readable book, The Surprising Work of God: Harold JohnOckenga and the Rebirth of Evangelicalism (Baker). It's essentially a biography of Ockenga,with particular focus on his role in the wider post-war American evangelicalrenaissance. Of special interest to...

Rosell on Evangelicalism

Carl Trueman
Aug 9, 2008
I'm just finishing Garth M. Rosell's very readable book, The Surprising Work of God: Harold JohnOckenga and the Rebirth of Evangelicalism (Baker). It's essentially a biography of Ockenga,with particular focus on his role in the wider post-war American evangelicalrenaissance. Of special interest to...

Eric Redmond on Obama, Faith,Race, and the Electoral Process

Carl Trueman
Jul 11, 2008
My friend Eric Redmond has published an excellent blog on Obama and the election. I have no vote (much to the relief of many Ref21 readers, I am sure -- though, bizarrely, I still pay tax in a nation founded on a principle that, I believe, connected tax obligations to representation.......) but I...

Eric Redmond on Obama, Faith,Race, and the Electoral Process

Carl Trueman
Jul 11, 2008
My friend Eric Redmond has published an excellent blog on Obama and the election. I have no vote (much to the relief of many Ref21 readers, I am sure -- though, bizarrely, I still pay tax in a nation founded on a principle that, I believe, connected tax obligations to representation.......) but I...

More Resources on the Psalms

Carl Trueman
Jul 5, 2008
Reading the excellent article on psalm singing below , I wanted to add just two more resources. The Free Church of Scotland has an excellent edition of the Psalter, combing both the 1650 and the new Sing Psalms which should be available from Free Church Bookshop . And Geneva College has a superb...

More Resources on the Psalms

Carl Trueman
Jul 5, 2008
Reading the excellent article on psalm singing below , I wanted to add just two more resources. The Free Church of Scotland has an excellent edition of the Psalter, combing both the 1650 and the new Sing Psalms which should be available from Free Church Bookshop . And Geneva College has a superb...

Neuhaus versus Wright

Carl Trueman
Jul 4, 2008
`The bell and the can and the bodies on the floor.' So goes a line from Mark Knopfler's `Ode to Sonny Liston.' Well, two heavyweight bruisers of more recent vintage are engaged in a slugfest over at First Things : N T Wright and R J Neuhaus. It's fun to see Wright taking the `Hayek's economics...

Neuhaus versus Wright

Carl Trueman
Jul 4, 2008
`The bell and the can and the bodies on the floor.' So goes a line from Mark Knopfler's `Ode to Sonny Liston.' Well, two heavyweight bruisers of more recent vintage are engaged in a slugfest over at First Things : N T Wright and R J Neuhaus. It's fun to see Wright taking the `Hayek's economics...

Gagnon on the Heidelberg Catechism

Carl Trueman
Jul 1, 2008
Robert Gagnon, who knows first-hand the loving tolerance and respect for dissident scholarship of certain circles, has chimed in very helpfully on the Heidelberg Catechism issue here .

Gagnon on the Heidelberg Catechism

Carl Trueman
Jul 1, 2008
Robert Gagnon, who knows first-hand the loving tolerance and respect for dissident scholarship of certain circles, has chimed in very helpfully on the Heidelberg Catechism issue here .

I hate to agree with Jack Rogers......

Carl Trueman
Jun 30, 2008
but I do think the PCUSA dropping of the explicit reference to homosexuality in Heidelberg Catechism 87 does represent a better translation of the original German than the 1967 gloss/addition. Of course, we can have our suspicions about why the PCUSA is making this move now, but unbiblical motives...

I hate to agree with Jack Rogers......

Carl Trueman
Jun 30, 2008
but I do think the PCUSA dropping of the explicit reference to homosexuality in Heidelberg Catechism 87 does represent a better translation of the original German than the 1967 gloss/addition. Of course, we can have our suspicions about why the PCUSA is making this move now, but unbiblical motives...

Anglicans not doing the Lambeth walk

Carl Trueman
Jun 24, 2008
`Any evening, any day, any time you're Lambeth way, you'll find 'em all doin' the Lambeth walk!' So goes the old song my granny taught me; but not any more, apparently. According to The Daily Torygraph, some bishops will be boycotting the Lambeth Conference this year. Read/watch it here . Just out...

Anglicans not doing the Lambeth walk

Carl Trueman
Jun 24, 2008
`Any evening, any day, any time you're Lambeth way, you'll find 'em all doin' the Lambeth walk!' So goes the old song my granny taught me; but not any more, apparently. According to The Daily Torygraph, some bishops will be boycotting the Lambeth Conference this year. Read/watch it here . Just out...

Death of a Church Historian

Carl Trueman
Jun 23, 2008
Sorry to disappoint all my 'friends' out there. This is not my demise but that of one of the greatest church historians Britain ever produced, a man whose erudite writings opened up the world of the early church for many of us: Henry Chadwick. You can find an obituary, written by Rowan Williams,...

Death of a Church Historian

Carl Trueman
Jun 23, 2008
Sorry to disappoint all my 'friends' out there. This is not my demise but that of one of the greatest church historians Britain ever produced, a man whose erudite writings opened up the world of the early church for many of us: Henry Chadwick. You can find an obituary, written by Rowan Williams,...

Summer Reading

Carl Trueman
Jun 19, 2008
Del's asked about summer reading. Here's mine: Theology: Johannes Vanderkemp, The Heidelberg Catechism ; David F Wells , The Courage to be Protestant. Two books on my passions: Jeremy Schaap, Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics. After Emil Zatopek, Owens has to be one of...

Summer Reading

Carl Trueman
Jun 19, 2008
Del's asked about summer reading. Here's mine: Theology: Johannes Vanderkemp, The Heidelberg Catechism ; David F Wells , The Courage to be Protestant. Two books on my passions: Jeremy Schaap, Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics. After Emil Zatopek, Owens has to be one of...

Hitch on Pat

Carl Trueman
Jun 18, 2008
You'll find an interesting response from Christopher Hitchens to Pat Buchanan's latest book (on how World War 2 was `unnecessary' here . I include it here because of the influence Buchanan has over many members of the Christian Right. For those of my grandfather's generation, Churchill's problem...

Hitch on Pat

Carl Trueman
Jun 18, 2008
You'll find an interesting response from Christopher Hitchens to Pat Buchanan's latest book (on how World War 2 was `unnecessary' here . I include it here because of the influence Buchanan has over many members of the Christian Right. For those of my grandfather's generation, Churchill's problem...

Freddy and the Typewriter

Carl Trueman
Jun 18, 2008
A friend brought a fascinating article on the internet to my attention. You can find it here . It's worth reading for a number of reasons, not least the image of a virtually blind Nietzsche banging away at an early typewriter and realising how the very technology he is using is changing his prose...

Freddy and the Typewriter

Carl Trueman
Jun 18, 2008
A friend brought a fascinating article on the internet to my attention. You can find it here . It's worth reading for a number of reasons, not least the image of a virtually blind Nietzsche banging away at an early typewriter and realising how the very technology he is using is changing his prose...

Well, fancy that.....

Carl Trueman
Jun 4, 2008
Those of us (yes, I include myself) with busts of the great Thomas Jefferson on our fireplaces and who think that separation of church and state is a most excellent thing, will no doubt be encouraged at the news coming out of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, as reported in Christianity...

Well, fancy that.....

Carl Trueman
Jun 4, 2008
Those of us (yes, I include myself) with busts of the great Thomas Jefferson on our fireplaces and who think that separation of church and state is a most excellent thing, will no doubt be encouraged at the news coming out of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, as reported in Christianity...