http://www.theologian.org.uk/audio/CarlTrueman3.mp3
Talk 3: 'What should a theological church look like?'
Some real weaknesses here, further evidence that credentials as an historian does not equate to maturity and wisdom for strategic and tactical decisions for the future. Rather dreary, actually.
One good point, can "a Pastor [=Rector] preach the OT?" A factor in selection for pastoral selection. Some excellent points re: redemptive-historical preaching.
Carl sounds like a British-evangelical-turned-Presbyterian. A Llloyd-Jones evangelical? Carl is from Gloucestershire, UK, and observes that one attends a place of worship where the Gospel is preached. That's it? He does NOT sound very Confessional or catechetical. (Thank God for my Dad who taught me the Catechism. Not one reference by Carl to the great Confessions.) Very little reference to the Westminster Confession, Belgic Confession, Scots Confession (1560), or The Thirty-nine Articles of Religion. Very, very, very poor. (Never mind the issue of good Prayer Book Churchmanship.)
Carl gives his views on CCM-loons. Impoverished. Oh my, then his discourse on liturgy. An howler. Carl, if reading this, stand up and get with the 1662 BCP. This is painful to hear.
An excellent few points. (1) We are preparing people to die. (2) We need an humble orthodoxy.
Concur, something the good BCP well advocates. Carl is not an Anglican Prayer Book man.
Carl on liturgy? Uggggg. Puleeze!! Very, very, very poor. Carl really gives bad press for evangelicals, or at least, Evangelical Anglicans.
"We love ya, but don't need ya" as one 65-year old Scots-friend summarized the response to Prayer Book Churchmen. A solid Reformation Scots-man and, convinced of it, an "elect and justified brother in Christ," but with little regard for the BCP. We are friends, very good friends. He is Free Church of Scotland. Readers know my perspective.
"A" for effort. "C-D" for content. "F" for relevance. We are grading quite charitably. Not impressed.
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