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.
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CORY HARTMAN
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Mar 1, 2021
Maybe following Jesus isn't so great
A word’s meaning has been changing, and I haven’t realized it. I’m pretty sure the church hasn’t either.
Aug 28, 2020
They want to take your history
The Left and the Right each have a story to tell about America, and the winner takes all.
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.
Apr 29, 2019
Pence, Power, and My Post about Taylor University
Whether at the Christian college or American society generally, you can't understand what's going on without seeing the mainstream a
Apr 22, 2019
We all go to Taylor University
I spoke at the Christian college hours after Mike Pence was announced as commencement speaker. Here’s what I saw.
Jan 30, 2018
The 3 things I want in a church
Since I stepped down from my job as a pastor a month ago, I've been in a novel position: looking for a church to go to as an ordinary...
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...
Oct 10, 2017
Gen-Xers in a world not our own
In the last couple weeks I've been working my way through the new documentary by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, The Vietnam War. I have...
Jul 21, 2017
Plaudits for "Cinderella"
Cinderella—Kenneth Branagh's 2015 live-action remake of Disney's animated feature—is not my kind of movie. It would be going too far to...
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 4 ingredients of personal change
What are the basic ingredients of positive character change? Four: distress, truth, the Holy Spirit, and intimacy. Distress is the...
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...
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