Archive for April 2012
As Though He Needed Anything
Article introduced by Matthew Barrett– If you only have time to read one article in the last issue of Credo Magazine, “Make Disciples of All Nations,” read and re-read the article by the Housley family titled “As Though He Needed Anything.” Bill and Kelley Housley are missionaries to the Inapang people in Papua New Guinea. …
Read MoreDon’t Simply Believe the Resurrection
By Chris Castaldo– Christ the Lord is risen! He has risen indeed. But don’t simply believe it. The risen Christ exercises dominion over the expanse of history. He is the alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. In the final words recorded in Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus says, “Surely I am with you always,…
Read MoreRaised for Us and Our Salvation
By Matthew Barrett– [Note: This article has also been published at The Gospel Coalition] Too often in our churches the resurrection of Christ is a doctrine of secondary importance. It is neglected and forgotten until Easter comes around each year. The same disregard for the resurrection is seen in how we share the gospel. Christians…
Read MoreWhy Good Friday is Good (John 12:23)
By Todd Miles— “And Jesus answered them, ‘The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.’” Growing up, I always wondered why we called Good Friday, “Good.” After all, the historical events that this day commemorates do not exactly constitute humanity’s finest hour. It was on this day that sinful humanity…
Read MoreThe Wisdom of God
Interview by Matthew Claridge– For disciples at the end of their emotional and spiritual rope, processing the shameful agony of Good Friday and the inexpressible ecstasy of Easter Sunday must have had an effect similar to blunt force trauma. What does it all mean? Is this all a dream? Standing in their midst, risen and…
Read MoreThe Garden and the Gospel: A Maundy Thursday Meditation
By Luke Stamps— In the traditional church calendar, today is Maundy Thursday, the day of Holy Week that commemorates Jesus’ institution of the Lord’s Supper on the night that he was betrayed. The name “Maundy Thursday” is taken from the phrase mandatum novum (“a new commandment”) from the Latin version of John 13:34: “A new commandment I give to…
Read MoreDo the Gospels Contradict One Another? Harmonizing the Resurrection Accounts
By Matthew Barrett— If you have ever read through the gospels, perhaps in one sitting, you may have noticed that there are differences in the resurrection narratives as to what took place. Did Mary come to the tomb alone or was their a group of women? Was there just one angel or several? Most critics…
Read MoreHe was there and He was not silent
By Matthew Claridge– [photo source] In his widely-acclaimed memoir of his experience during the holocaust, The Sunflower, Simon Wisenthal relates a tragic story of victimization and moral ambiguity. Called to the bedside of a dying SS officer, Wisenthal was asked if he could find it in his heart to forgive the Nazi for his contribution…
Read MoreHow to Keep the Seminary Christian, Part 1
By Timothy Raymond — For decades, seminary education has endured the slings and arrows of bad jokes, unkind mockery, and downright slander. If I had a quarter for every time I’ve heard a disillusioned preacher intentionally misspeak, recalling his years in “cemetery, I mean seminary,” I might be able to buy something edible. It would…
Read MoreWhat Difference Does the Resurrection Make? (Romans 8:5-11)
By Thomas R. Schreiner– What difference does it make that Jesus was raised from the dead? Someone might say, “I don’t care that Jesus was raised from the dead. What interests me is real life today, not whether some man came back to life 2,000 years ago. After all, all kinds of strange things have…
Read MoreRecommended Reading on the Resurrection
By Matthew Barrett– Certain books are worth returning to again and again each year. And on significant occasions like Easter Sunday, Christmas, and others it is helpful to have a couple of books to take off the shelf and re-read in order to meditate on and think deeply about the central truths of the Christian…
Read MoreSermons on The Resurrection of Christ
By Matthew Barrett — I know I am not alone when I say that I have benefited greatly from the preaching ministry of John Piper. When I walk away from listening to one of his sermons I am convicted of sin, soaked in the Word, and given a renewed passion for the glory of God.…
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