Carl Trueman - A Narrative in Crisis? The Reformation and Some Modern Critics
Carl Trueman
48.30
14 October 2017
20 August 2025
This session is part of the Mission and the Bible in the Wake of the Reformation Conference held Oct 20, 2017 held at Wycliffe College. Alec Ryrie: Lovers and Brawlers: Protestants and their Bibles from the Reformation to the Present. (https://youtu.be/1Ej2E2-Hxxg) Eckhard Schnabel: The Great Commission: The Vision and Practice of Missionary Work from Jesus, John, and Paul to Bonifatius and Martin Luther. (https://youtu.be/uEx-ZgukN5g) Cheryl Peterson: God's mission has a church, but does it have a scripture? Reflections on the Scriptural basis for the church's mission. (www.youtube.com/watch?v=pU-Xhyou24A) Carl Trueman: A Narrative in Crisis? The Reformation and Some Modern Critics. (https://youtu.be/lNGdjMd5abM) --- Topic: A Narrative in Crisis? The Reformation and Some Modern Critics. Carl Trueman Westminster Theological Seminary Professor of Church History Rev. Dr. Carl R. Trueman (PhD, Aberdeen) holds the Paul Woolley Chair of Church History and is professor of church history at Westminster Theological Seminary. He has written more than a dozen books, and is currently co-editing with Bruce Gordon the Oxford Handbook of Calvin and Calvinism due in 2017. Dr. Trueman's academic interests include Reformation church history, including the life and work of men like Martin Luther and John Owen. For those who are new to Dr. Trueman's writing and teaching on his research interests, he recommends several resources as places to start. Regarding Reformation church history, he would recommend beginning with his course The Reformation, available free online from Westminster, or his book Reformation: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow. On Luther, he would recommend watching his recent lecture "Martin Luther, Troubled Prophet," or reading Luther on the Christian Life: Cross and Freedom. On John Owen, he would suggest his book John Owen: Reformed Catholic, Renaissance Man, or watching his recent lecture series on the topic. Dr. Trueman also writes online regularly at firstthings.com on contemporary issues such as religious freedom, identity politics, and the state of the church.
