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Reformation:Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow Kindle Edition

by Carl Trueman (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Dr. Trueman examines the origins of contemporary Reformed theology in the Reformation world of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. After tracing how this heritage shaped and transformed the intervening period, he then describes some of the major challenges being faced by the evangelical church at the present time and suggests ways of responding which remain faithful to the Scriptures and the theology of the Reformers drawn from it and points towards a future that embraces and disseminates these wonderful doctrines of grace.

Carl Trueman is Professor of Historical Theology and Church History at Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has contributed to the Dictionary of Historical Theology, the Dictionary of National Biography, The Cambridge Companion to Reformation Theology and the Blackwell Companion to Modern Theology.

"Dr Trueman calls us to build on the work of Reformers by a continuing reformation of the church under the Word; especially with regard to the cross of the Christ, the written and preached Word, and thirdly, the assurance of salvation..."
Eryl Davis ~ Head of Research, Wales Evangelical School of Theology, Bridgend, Wales

"This fine book should be required reading for all Christians-and especially for those who doubt whether the Protestant Reformation has anything left to say to us in our day... Along the way, he scatters nugget after nugget of insight into what is core to the Reformation legacy, motivating his readers to embrace this core again."
Mark R. Talbot ~ Associate Professor of Philosophy, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois

"With knowledge, wit, and clarity, Carl Trueman brings key insights from the Reformation on Christ, Scripture, and our appropriation of both to bear on the life of the modern evangelical church."
Michael Lawrence ~ Senior Pastor, Hinson Baptist Church, Portland, Oregon

"A great introduction to the present-day meaning of this world-changing event."
Michael A. G. Haykin ~ Professor of Church History and Biblical Spirituality, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky

"Carl Trueman's Reformation: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow is a needed corrective and powerful antidote for the spiritual anemia that has infected our chapter of church history."
Rick Holland ~ Executive Pastor, Grace Community Church, Sun Valley, California
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"This fine book should be required reading for all Christians-and especially for those who doubt whether the Protestant Reformation has anything left to say to us in our day... Along the way, he scatters nugget after nugget of insight into what is core to the Reformation legacy, motivating his readers to embrace this core again."

-- Mark R. Talbot

"Carl Trueman's Reformation: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow is a needed corrective and powerful antidote for the spiritual anemia that has infected our chapter of church history."

-- Rick Holland

"Dr Trueman calls us to build on the work of Reformers by a continuing reformation of the church under the Word; especially with regard to the cross of the Christ, the written and preached Word, and thirdly, the assurance of salvation..."

-- D. Eryl Davies

"A great introduction to the present-day meaning of this world-changing event."

-- Michael A. G. Haykin

"With knowledge, wit, and clarity, Carl Trueman brings key insights from the Reformation on Christ, Scripture, and our appropriation of both to bear on the life of the modern evangelical church."

-- Michael Lawrence (Senior Pastor, Hinson Baptist Church, Portland, Oregon)

About the Author

Carl Trueman is Professor of Biblical and Religious Studies at Grove City College, Pennsylvania. He was previously Paul Woolley Professor of Historical Theology and Church History at Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has contributed to the Dictionary of Historical Theology, the Dictionary of National Biography, The Cambridge Companion to Reformation Theology and the Blackwell Companion to Modern Theology.Professor of Biblical and Religious Studies, Grove City College, Pennsylvania

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Christian Focus Publications (May 1, 2011)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 1, 2011
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Carl R. Trueman (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is professor of biblical and religious studies at Grove City College. He is an esteemed church historian and previously served as the William E. Simon Fellow in Religion and Public Life at Princeton University. Trueman has authored or edited more than a dozen books, including The Creedal Imperative; Luther on the Christian Life; and Histories and Fallacies. Trueman is a member of The Orthodox Presbyterian Church.

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Glenn E. Davis
5.0 out of 5 stars Lectures Worth Reading and Applying
Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2015
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Who wants to read some lectures? Most lectures don't translate well into writing, the passion and pathos are missing. However, Carl Trueman's "Reformation: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow" is a notable exception. Trueman does the job all historical theologians should do: make theology and history relevant for the church today. He drives home for preaching and pastoral ministry, the Reformational emphasis on the person and work of Jesus Christ. "To return to my working definition of the Reformation then: the Reformation represents a move to place God as he has revealed himself in Christ at the centre of the church’s life and thought. This is extremely important because we must remember first and foremost that, if the Reformation is a significant moment in church history, and if the Reformers are significant theologians for us today, it is only to the extent that they represent faithful attempts to place God in Christ at the centre." May we follow Trueman's advice: keep Christ central.
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Eric Mason
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant Trueman!
Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2014
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Carl Trueman has a gift for taking complex theology & history and making it easy to understand. If you desire to grasp the heart of the reformation, add this to your library.
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SLIMJIM
4.0 out of 5 stars God glorifying read
Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2016
The author Carl Trueman is the professor of historical theology at Westminster Theological Seminary although he authored this work originally back in 1999 before he was a professor at Westminister. At that time Trueman was the Senior Lecturer in Church History at University of Aberdeen in which he confesses was written in haste so that it can be delivered at a conference in Wales for the Evangelical Theological College. Trueman. In the book’s forward Trueman tells us that he is delighted to find that he agrees with the book even though he originally wrote the book before his 40s and now he is more older and mature. This book is not a history book per se about the reformation as it is about the heritage of the Reformation having its impact and importance for today and the future.
The book is divided into four chapters. The first chapter argues for the relevance of the Reformation today. The second focuses on Christ since the Reformation puts Christ at the center of theology. The third chapter is on the Scriptures while the fourth is on the importance of Christian assurance of salvation which Trueman argues is an important motif and theme for Protestants from the time of the Reformation onwards.
I personally found the first two chapters to have been the most delightful:
• Chapter one was incredibly nuanced. For instance Trueman makes it clear that he thinks the Reformation is important but that doesn’t mean he’s trying to make contemporary Christians and the church today go back to the sixteenth century. Nor is Trueman cultish in his esteem of the Reformation in which he argues like some would do in an unbiblical fashion that just because the Reformers did something therefore it means it must be right, true, etc. Here Trueman talks about “unhelpful friends” who have good intention in defending the Reformation but which the Reformation must also be rescued from as well.
• Before I began reading the book I was also curious as to how Trueman would define the Reformation especially since the title suggests it isn’t used to described only the movement in the sixteenth century. I know today there can be some debate as to what constitute Reformed theology. I like Trueman’s working definition given in the first chapter of the book: “the Reformation represents a move to place God as he has revealed himself in Christ at the centre of the church’s life and thought” (17). I thought this was a very good definition because it transcends the sixteenth century and it definitely is something that is relevant for today and tomorrow.
• Chapter one profoundly reminded me that the Reformation primarily was a theological movement and not merely a campaign for moral reforms of the Catholic church which no doubt some of the counter-Reformation Catholics would agree needs some kind of moral fixes. Trueman articulates in chapter one how the issue for the Reformers was one of theology. If one gets the theology right, then the moral problem will be fixed as a result of the implication of right theology. The opposite is also true: bad theology produces bad fruits.
• I enjoyed Trueman’s discussion in chapter two about Martin Luther’s “theology of the Cross” as opposed to theology of glory. Here Trueman gives the historical understanding of what Trueman has meant. While I have read and heard in the past about Luther’s theology of the Cross it wasn’t until I read this book did I truly understood what Martin Luther was trying to say and saw how earth shaking it is as theological paradigm. The implication of Luther’s theology of the Cross is very relevant for today though it is counter-cultural in that it tells us of how to be comforted with hardship and trials.
The following is my constructive criticism:
• Trueman is doctrinally sound when it comes to the Gospel. However it wished Trueman would have quoted and interacted more from the Bible. For instance I believe we do not see any Bible verses quoted or cited until on page 100. This is quite amazing considering that the book is only 127 pages and that it is a book that also acknowledges Sola Scriptura. If the book is adapted from Trueman’s message for a conference I wonder how the people fared in the conference to sit through that long without Scriptural reference.
• I wished Trueman could have talked more about the theme of Christian assurance. Specifically I thought that the book could have benefited from more practical questions to diagnose one’s spiritual identity and whether one is truly saved, etc. He is right though that Reformed or Protestants can have assurance of their salvation because of what God has done and has promised. This is contrary to Catholic theology.
I do recommend this book and believe this would be edifying for the readers.
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Terry from Birmingham
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2017
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Great review of Luther's theology and the basis of the Protestant reformation
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Kevin M. Fiske
5.0 out of 5 stars Still Practical After 500 Years...
Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2011
What bearing and import does a movement, nearly half a century old, have on the church today? Lest we be counted guilty of what C.S. Lewis and Owen Barfield called "chronological snobbery", viewing the thinking of our own day as far superior to those who have gone before, we would do well to be reacquainted with the life, thought, and convictions of the Reformation. Carl R. Trueman, in his recently republished book, Reformation: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Christian Focus, 2011), hopes to encourage the church by examining the movement known as "the Reformation," and demonstrating how "a critical appropriation of the Reformation is vital to a healthy church today."

Originally written in 1999 in order to be delivered at the Evangelical Theological College in Wales, Reformation is no less filled with the lively wit and searing insight that characterizes much of Trueman's writing today. The book is a clear demonstration that Trueman, nearly a decade younger, was still a diligent exegete of history and its significance upon contemporary Christianity.

Reformation is divided into 4 brief chapters:

Chapter 1: "The Pearl of Great Price: The Relevance of the Reformation Today" - Here, Trueman argues that "the key insights of the Reformers are as relevant today--and as applicable to situations today--as they were in the sixteenth century." Defining the Reformation in light of its broad theological contribution to the church, Truman proposes the following definition: "the Reformation represents a move to place God as he revealed himself in Christ at the centre of the church's life and thought."

Chapter 2: "Meeting the Man of Sorrows" - Trueman focuses largely upon Luther's Christology in this chapter, and particularly his "theology of the cross." In my estimation, Trueman surpasses the work of Gerhard Forde in his explanation and application of Luther's "theology of the cross." Trueman's ability to effectively articulate Luther's position, with a thorough knowledge of the historical context within which it arose, allows him to draw out applications in plain language which are accessible to even the one never exposed to this facet of Luther's theology before. This chapter exceeds its size in its importance for effective gospel preaching and understanding within the context of human suffering!

Chapter 3: "The Oracles of God" - A chapter devoted to the Reformers' view of Scripture and its impact on the church today. Trueman examines the nature, authority, purpose, and significance of the Scriptures noting how it played a central role in the piety of the Reformers. Ringing of "Machen-esque" insight and lucidity, this chapter is especially helpful as it notes the necessity of a high view of Scripture and its central place within the church today; especially as it relates to the preacher in the pulpit.

Chapter 4: "Blessed Assurance" - Noting that one of the key elements of Protestant theology is the experience of assurance in the life of the believer as it pertains to salvation in Christ, Trueman begins by briefly summarizing Luther's struggle with personal righteousness and how he came to understand that righteousness is something God graciously credits to the believer through faith because of Christ (cf., Rom 1:17). The significance of Luther's discovery of justification by faith, Trueman notes, is "that God's love is unconditional and total, that it brings us salvation as a gift, and that, most amazing of all, we can know this salvation for certain ourselves."

Though the volume as a whole is brief, it is an excellent primer on the practical significance of the Reformation upon the church today. Trueman ardently examines the landscape of the Reformation and provides valuable insight as to its practical and theological importance for the church today. A note of caution to the reader: if you're looking for a book primarily devoted to the history of the Reformation you'd do well to read Reeves' The Unquenchable Flame: Discovering the Heart of the Reformation or Nichols' The Reformation: How a Monk and Mallet Changed the World. However, if you're looking for a book by a first rate historical theologian that effectively draws out the significance of the Reformation for the church today, you couldn't choose a better volume than Trueman's Reformation: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Additionally, this book is by all means accessible and beneficial to those of varying levels of knowledge of Reformation history. This volume is a valuable addition to the church that understands or is growing to understand, "ecclesia reformata semper reformanda est." (trans: "The reformed church is always in need of reforming.")

I wholeheartedly recommend it!
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