Two cheers (and a sigh) for Carl Trueman's "Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self"
The first two thirds are a must-read. The last third not so much.
CORY HARTMAN
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- Jul 5, 2019
What is "the pursuit of happiness"?
The phrase in the Declaration of Independence meant more to the Founders than we ever would have thought.
- Jan 6, 2018
"Gospel-centered" ≠ Redemption-centered
Over the last decade or so, the term "gospel-centered" has become very popular among some followers of Jesus. Many words have issued...
- Dec 7, 2017
Dead ends, social justice, and the gospel
In a couple previous posts (here and here) I've been meditating on how the gospel—the good news of Jesus—is the solution to all human...
- Oct 19, 2017
Overcoming barriers between people over sexual morality
I learned much valuable stuff to ponder from a recent conversation with a sweet and honest friend. We were talking about how adolescents...
- Sep 18, 2017
How the gospel solves all our problems
I've been thinking a lot lately about what it means to apply the good news of Jesus Christ—a.k.a., the gospel—to one's life. A number of...
- Jul 27, 2017
Why grace offends more than hell
The doctrine of hell is one of the hardest pills to swallow for people who grapple with Christianity (not to mention for many Christians...
- Jul 13, 2017
What exactly is the purpose of the church?
UPDATE July 17, 2017 This post makes reference to, in my words, Eugene Peterson's "permissive" view of homosexual behavior by Christians....
- Jul 4, 2017
Why you can't be a progressive AND a cultural relativist
One of the planks of today's progressive worldview is cultural relativism. Yet progressivism and cultural relativism are fundamentally...
- Jun 27, 2017
The post-truth era
Since the election of Donald Trump, prestigious figures in journalism have been wringing their hands over the "post-truth era." The New...
- Jun 12, 2017
The glory spiral of John 17
The New Testament writings of John are ingenious. He employed a very small palette of simple terms—almost Hop on Pop-simple—but he used...
- May 9, 2017
A culture is shaped by the shape of its stories
When we think of what is or is not an appropriate story for a book or film—whether from the perspective of age-appropriacy or of...