Authors Trueman and Gordon Speak at Reformation Conference

Authors Dr. Carl Trueman and Dr. T. David Gordon spoke at the Remembering & Renewing Reformation Conference in Hudson, Ohio. Click here for the audio and please share. Don't forget to check out their books, too.

Luther on the Christian Life by Carl Trueman

Authors Trueman and Gordon to Speak at Reformation Conference

Redeemer Church in Hudson, Ohio will be having two well known authors speak at it's upcoming Remembering & Renewing Reformation Conference in June. Authors and speakers Dr. T. David Gordon and Dr. Carl Truman will highlight the conference. Presentation topics include Preparing for a Reformation, Luther’s Reformation, and Contemporary Reformation. The first 50 registrants receive a signed copy of Truman's Luther and the Christian Life: Cross and Freedom. For more information and to register, please check the website for the conference.

 Luther and the Christian Life: Cross and Freedom

Reformation: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Why Johnny Can't Sing Hymns

Why Johnny Can't Preach

God the Son Incarnate: The Doctrine of Christ (Foundations of Evangelical Theology) By Stephen J. Wellum

Wellum is not one of the high profile Evangelical leaders but, for my money, he is one of their best systematicians and deserves to be widely read and listened to.   If one of the key weaknesses with contemporary Evangelicalism is its detachment of biblical theology from dogmatic history, and notions of orthodoxy from church history, then Wellum’s approach is a welcome and necessary corrective.   - Carl Trueman

 God the Son Incarnate: The Doctrine of Christ (Foundations of Evangelical Theology) 

By Stephen J. Wellum

Stephen J. Wellum (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is professor of Christian theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, and editor of the Southern Baptist Journal of Theology. Stephen lives in Louisville, Kentucky, with his wife, Karen, and their five children.


This work is Carl Trueman's book of the year. What's yours?

Author Spotlight: Dr. Carl Trueman

Dr. Carl Trueman is a favorite author, speaker, and podcast host of mine. I never seem to tire of his British accent or sarcastic wit. He is a learned man and is known as an expert on the lives of Martin Luther and John Owen. His writing style is understandable and witty. With any of his works one can settle in for a good read (add pipe, cigar, craft beer or glass of wine to make it even better).

His Amazon bio: Carl R. Trueman (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is the Paul Woolley Professor of Church History at Westminster Theological Seminary and pastor of Cornerstone Presbyterian Church (OPC) in Ambler, Pennsylvania. He was editor of Themelios for nine years, has authored or edited more than a dozen books, and has contributed to multiple publications including the Dictionary of Historical Theology and The Cambridge Companion to Reformation Theology.

The Wages of Spin: Critical Writings on Historical and Contemporary Evangelicalism

 

The Real Scandal of the Evangelical Mind

 

The Creedal Imperative

 

Fools Rush in Where Monkeys Fear to Tread: Taking Aim at Everyone

 

Luther on the Christian Life: Cross and Freedom

 Read the Reformed Book Cellar review here.

 

If you want understand history, laugh, enjoy a good read and sometimes be offended, Trueman is the man. Highly recommended from the RBC.

 

 

 

Book Review: Luther on the Christian Life: Cross and Freedom by Carl Trueman

UPDATED

There have been many books written about Martin Luther. Many good, some not, but this latest work by Carl Trueman, Martin Luther on the Christian Life, trumps almost all of them.  Luther, a man who was down to earth on many levels and an enigma on many others, is a man worth studying. At least to the degree where we as modern day Christians may have a more complete understanding of what he was striving for, his difficulties of getting there (if and where he did), how his thought progressed over his lifetime and the influence he has right up to today in Christianity. Not a perfect man but a man used by God to change the Christian world.

Not in the too distant past I had read everything available in written form and listened to virtually every sermon and lecture I could on the internet by Trueman. Now, a much sought after conference speaker that is a much more difficult task. Much of what I learned from him was about Luther. It was foundational knowledge for me and I often listened to some of these lectures numerous times. Trueman is a great speaker but listening to him was much more than enjoying a well-spoken lecturer. New doors on Reformation history, specifically on Luther, were opened for me for me that were previously closed. So when this book was first announced I was anxious to get my hands on it (devour it?).

In eight succinct chapters Trueman lays out Luther’s thought and specifically how it relates to the Christian life, not only in the 1500’s but more importantly today.  A brief biography is followed by the development of Luther’s theology. It is important to note that Luther’s thought changed over the years and much of what he wrote and is remembered of him is in the early years before his more full orbed theology blossomed. Though the early years were not unuseful, it does us well to educate ourselves more fully on the later years of his theology for that is where, not always but often, find the true heart of Luther’s theology.  That is where this work is illuminating.

Chapter titles:

1.Martin Luther’s Christian Life

2.Theologians, Priests and Kings

3.The Theology of the Word Preached

4.The Liturgy of the Christian Life

5.Living by the Word

6.Freed from Babylon: Baptism and the Mass

7.Luther and Christian Righteousness

8.Life and Death in This Earthly Realm: Government, Calling, and Family

Conclusion: Life as Tragedy, Life as Comedy

From the above chapter titles we see that all the bases are covered. As we know, no doctrine stands on its own. Every Christian doctrine hinges on others and it was no different for Luther as his life and thought progressed. This book dispels some of the false notions about Luther and reveals many others truths not widely known. Luther didn’t start out to create a revolution in the church, October 31, 1517 was not the start of the Reformation, and he had an incredible sense of humor and was very devoted to his family and his flock. Indeed, what started as what we call the Reformation today was Luther’s concern for his people rather than doctrinal purity. This book unpacks all of this and much more.

It is important to note that Trueman does not dabble in hagiography. Luther wasn’t perfect, far from it. Though Luther is a favorite of Trueman, he has no romantic notions of his character. Trueman brings out these errors, explains them, but makes no excuses for them.

I cannot recommend this book highly enough. It belongs in every church, pastors and layman’s library and deserves a thorough read and re-read. It’s a keeper.

Crossway has provided a complimentary copy of this book through Beyond the Page. 

Click here to enjoy an author interview at Christ the Center! 

Perspectives on the Extent of the Atonement: An Interview with Andy Naselli

Excellent video from B&H Academic on Perspectives on the Extent of the Atonement.



Sound good? You can purchase Perspectives on the Extent of the Atonement here.

Coming Soon: "Luther and the Christian Life: Cross and Freedom" by Carl Trueman

An interview with carl Trueman on his new book due out in February 2015, Luther and the Christian Life: Cross and Freedom.

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Trueman Video on his book the Credal Imperative

Hey, check it out...an interview with Dr. Carl Trueman on his book, The Creedal Imperative.