A Legacy of Shame: Luther and the Jews

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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... continue

Back to the Beginning with Moses

It is a pleasure to report that the excellent website Beginning with Moses is back up and running.  Not so much revival as resurrection, I suspect -- the UK was rife with dark rumours earlier this year that somebody (who...
Posted September 2, 2010 @ 5:05 AM by Carl Trueman
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A Warning to America's Youth!

Beware those who pretend to be shepherds but are really ravening wolves.  CRT's expose of the defective theology of `Rush' comes not a moment too soon.  It appears that Pelagianism is being promoted through rock music even in some allegedly...
Posted September 1, 2010 @ 9:04 AM by Rodney Trotter
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On Heroes and the Heroic

The recent criticism from a member of the Missouri Synod, concerning Reformed church planting in Germany, was rooted in part in what the critic (in the comments section) articulated as a frustration with the constant attempts of the Reformed to...
Posted September 1, 2010 @ 6:38 AM by Carl Trueman
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Should Preachers ever say, "I don't Know!"

Sunday evening, at one of our infrequent sessions with the interns (supper and Q and A), Ligon and myself were asked an interesting question, one which has remained with me: what does a preacher do when confronted by differing opinions...
Posted August 31, 2010 @ 8:30 AM by Derek Thomas
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20/20 Vision

As a brief postscript to yesterday's posts on pastors, I received an email last night from Danny Hyde, the URC minister in Oceanside, CA, drawing my attention to Acts 20:20, where Paul describes his ministry among the Ephesians.  It provides...
Posted August 31, 2010 @ 6:46 AM by Carl Trueman
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On Organ Grinders and Monkeys

A good point, Justin, which has been made to me in a few emails I've received this morning.  I would respond as follows:1. The pastor is the full time person and therefore the buck stops with him.  Elders have duties...
Posted August 30, 2010 @ 11:21 AM by Carl Trueman
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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 clear...
Posted August 30, 2010 @ 9:45 AM by Justin Taylor
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Russ Moore to the Rescue

Russell Moore has written a great piece which exposes the idolatrous nature of Glenn Beck's ghastly self-promotional pantomime on Saturday, and the evidence this provides of the woeful state of an evangelicalism that, to put it bluntly, greets blasphemy as...
Posted August 30, 2010 @ 6:36 AM by Carl Trueman
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