Is our main problem sin against God and his right anger at that, or life's threats to my happiness and my hurt at that? Do we live in a way that fits our answer to that? Carl Trueman mentions how our therapeutic culture has fed into some of evangelicalism in a White Horse Inn broadcast.
In a wide-ranging conversation, he also addresses some problems in "traditional" church worship. Preaching is not an explanation of the Bible for information transfer or moral advice: it's declaring God's word to the transformation of his people. A worship service isn't just a handy gathering, it's a drama of worship.
And since we were speaking earlier of the Hibernian mentality, Carl says of the Scots and assurance, "Few Scotsmen can believe they're going to heaven; no American can believe they're not going to heaven, in my experience!"
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Is it just me or does Trueman seem to be everywhere these days? (Not that I'm complaining - he's a good writer/speaker.)
Feels like he's just been discovered on this side of the Atlantic!
I don't know - I really enjoyed reading him nearing ten years ago, when he was RTSF's Themelios editor, which role he fulfilled for a fair while I think; but you're right, he does seem to be mentioned more online now.
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