Carl R. Trueman

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Jun 13, 2023
Blasphemy then and now: God-man vs. man-god
The original movie was controversial because it mocked the God-man, the central truth of the Christian faith. Now it is controversial because it mocks the man-god, the central truth of our contemporary world.
May 24, 2023
Transgression is passé
One of the hallmarks of the modern age has been the death of the sacred.
May 12, 2023
Dennis Prager's troubling defense of pornography
The conservatism that markets itself through soundbites and “hot takes” might work well as light entertainment on Twitter or YouTube, but it will really offer no deep diagnosis of our contemporary cultural problems.
Apr 22, 2023
Does the Church of England need Evangelicals?
The last few months of chaos over the issue of gay marriage seem finally to have done what decades of doctrinal indifferentism and even the advent of women priests failed to achieve: An Evangelical rebellion among the Church of England’s most committed evangelical congregations.
Apr 8, 2023
Baptizing the status quo, then and now
Only when we stop exchanging isolated Bible verses and set those verses within the broader framework of a truly Christian anthropology — one that takes embodiment, dependence and obligation seriously — will we avoid the tragic errors and sins that mark the Christian past.
Mar 23, 2023
A tale of 2 student protests: They're not always obnoxious
Protests do not always need to be obnoxious, like the one at Stanford. Some weeks ago, I was myself subject to a protest while speaking at another college.
Feb 7, 2023
Identity politics at the king's coronation
If tradition is useless, something that needs to be overcome, then the reason for monarchy has long since gone.
Jan 27, 2023
The Church of England takes a 'third way' on gay marriage
When it comes to the laws of progressive culture, he who is guilty in one point is guilty in all.
Jan 12, 2023
No mercy without rules
Any Christian leader who manages to separate mercy from rules in such a way as to prioritize the former over the latter would not really be merciful at all.
Dec 16, 2022
Identity politics on the right
The tawdry Achord affair has revealed an ugly side to a certain part of the American Christian world. Real white supremacy really exists and is a real sin. It requires real action and real repentance from those Christians who espouse it.