How Old Creeds Speak to New Problems (Carl Trueman)

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🗓️ 5 February 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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In this episode, Carl Trueman discusses the modern cultural shift towards individualism, the importance of adhering to historic creeds and confessions, as well as addressing several common objections to these historic creeds. Carl Trueman is a professor of biblical and religious studies at Grove City College. He is a contributing editor at 'First Things', an esteemed church historian, and a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Trueman has authored or edited more than a dozen books, including 'Crisis of Confidence: Reclaiming the Historic Faith in a Culture Consumed with Individualism and Identity'. Read the full transcript of this episode. If you enjoyed this episode be sure to leave us a review, which helps us spread the word about the show! Complete this survey for a free audiobook by Kevin DeYoung!

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0:00.0	In his landmark book, The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self, Carl Truman argued that modern
0:08.4	culture is awash in expressive individualism, the notion that we can only truly flourish if we
0:14.0	give voice to our innermost thoughts, feelings, and inclinations. And yet, the Christian faith is a faith
0:20.3	rooted not in personal preference,
0:22.3	but in divine revelation, revelation that tells us who we are and why we were created. The call of
0:28.4	the Bible is not that we be true to ourselves, but that we conform to the pattern of life set
0:33.4	forth by Jesus Christ, our Savior and our Lord.
0:37.6	In his newest book, Crisis of Confidence,
0:39.9	reclaiming the historic faith in a culture
0:42.1	consumed with individualism and identity,
0:45.1	Carl Truman explores how the historic creeds
0:47.4	and confessions of the church can help
0:49.4	to shape God's people toward greater and greater Christ-likeness.
0:53.1	In an age of self-expression and self-creation,
0:56.0	these old summaries of biblical teaching are all the more important as we seek to live faithfully
1:01.1	in an increasingly anti-Christian world. Let's get started.
1:10.0	Well, Carl, thank you so much for joining me again on the Crossway podcast.
1:14.1	Absolutely pleasure to be here, Matt. Thanks for much having me on.
1:17.2	So the subtitle of this new book is reclaiming the historic faith in a culture consumed with individualism and identity.
1:26.5	And we'll get to the historic faith part of that subtitle in a bit.
1:30.2	But anyone who's followed your writing over the last few years likely knows that you've
1:35.7	spent a lot of time thinking and writing about the modern West and our obsession with
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