Archive for November 2011
The Bible is a Story About Jesus
By Steve Weaver Clearly the New Testament is about the person and work of Jesus Christ. The entire canon of Scripture testifies that Jesus is the Christ. Jesus himself believed the Old Testament was about him. He said to the Pharisees in John 5:39, “You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you…
Read MoreChurch History is for Pastors
By Marc Cortez Every evening I try to convince my youngest daughter that she should eat her vegetables while they’re still warm. And every evening, I fail. She waits until the bitter end, and then chokes them down with lots of water. My students often do the same with church history. Like many seminaries, we…
Read MoreTom Schreiner: An Invincible Hope
Yesterday we posted Tom Schreiner’s message on the wrath of God, from a Biola University chapel message. Today we are posting his second message from Biola: An Invincible Hope, from Romans 8:31-39. Tweet
Read MoreThomas Schreiner on the Wrath of God
The wrath of God is a doctrine that is often rejected today. However, the wrath of God is a deeply biblical doctrine! But how exactly should we understand the wrath of God? Below is an older video of Thomas Schreiner delivering a chapel message at Biola University back in 2010. The title of his message…
Read MoreReligious Freedom: The Puritans and Oliver Cromwell
By Michael A.G. Haykin – In his recent study of the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany in June of 1941, American historian John Lukacs notes that one of the most important reasons for remembering the past is the correction of misreadings of the historical record, since, as he says, “the pursuit of…
Read MoreDid God Make Me Sin?
By Fred G. Zaspel – God and Sin We have all noticed how trials of whatever kind somehow have built into them a strong potential for sin. Physical suffering, emotional stress, bereavement, persecution — trials of whatever kind — bring with them the temptation to faithlessness, giving up, callousness, bitterness, despair, and a host of…
Read MoreReformation Commentary on Scripture
I am very excited to read the upcoming volumes in the new Reformation Commentary on Scripture, by InterVarsity Press. Timothy George is the general editor and Scott Manetsch the associate general editor. The series is projected to be 28 volumes (13 on the OT and 15 on the NT.) Already the first volume, edited by Gerald…
Read MoreJohn Owen on the Trinity
By Paul Helm – John Owen’s short work A Brief Declaration of the Doctrine of the Trinity and also of the Person and Satisfaction of Christ, were published in 1668-9, (in Works, II) at a time when Dr. Owen and his wife Mary were resident in the home in Stoke Newington of the former Cromwellian…
Read MoreG. K. Beale’s New Testament Biblical Theology
One book you will want to dig your teeth into is G. K. Beale’s A New Testament Biblical Theology: The Unfolding of the Old Testament in the New. WTS Books is selling this large volume at the special price of 45% off (until Nov. 23). Be sure to read online for free his chapter “The Eschatological Storyline of…
Read MoreJudgment, Behavior, and Justification according to Paul’s Gospel in Romans 2 (Ardel Caneday)
One of our Credo weekly bloggers and contributor to the January issue of Credo Magazine, Ardel Caneday, has written an article titled, “Judgment, Behavior, and Justification according to Paul’s Gospel in Romans 2” for the new Journal for the Study of Paul and his Letters. Caneday’s article appears in the fall issue of the journal.…
Read MoreA Light to the Nations
On Credo’s “Reviews” page, David Rogers has written a review of Michael Goheen’s new book, A Light to the Nations: The Missional Church and the Biblical Story. Rogers begins, Michael Goheen is Geneva Professor of Worldview and Religious Studies at Trinity Western University, Langley, B.C., Canada, Teaching Fellow in Mission and World Christianity at Regent College…
Read MoreThe Bible is a Story About a Promise
By Steve Weaver – This post is the third in a series of six that seeks to develop the following summarizing sentence about the Bible: “The Bible is the story of a God who makes a spectacular promise about a supernatural person who creates a special people to live in a supernal place with Him…
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