Archive for 2012
Augustine and the Temporary Christian
By Paul Helm– Augustine discusses temporary Christianity in his anti-Pelagian writings, as seen in Rebuke and Grace, composed in 426-427 and On the Gift of Perseverance, written in 428/429. In these short books Augustine strongly defends the sovereign grace of God, especially the idea of effectual calling and what later on came to be called…
Read MoreJohn Piper reads “The Innkeeper”
In this video below John Piper reads “The Innkeeper.” Buy “The Innkeeper” today at 50% off and give it as a gift for Christmas. (HT: Justin Taylor)
Read More“As white as snow” (Michael A.G. Haykin)
Snow, flake upon flake, Covers the soilèd earth: It is the year’s first snowfall. And my soilèd heart, Its rubbishy vanities and filth, Is blanketed, drop upon drop. Of course, ’tis a different hue: To angelic amazement—and mine— Only His bloodied crimson will do. Michael A. G. Haykin is Professor of Church History and Biblical…
Read MoreThe State as the Antichrist: Revelation 13:1-18 (Thomas Schreiner)
By Thomas R. Schreiner — Nazi Germany was a dramatic example of a modern state that demanded total allegiance. Religious leaders who had the courage to speak out and resist Hitler were jailed and killed. What Dietrich Bonhoeffer prophetically said in 1933 before the evil of Nazism was evident to all, “For should the leader…
Read MoreAdvent Devotional from John Piper
By Matthew Barrett– John Piper and Desiring God ministries have released a free advent devotional, pulled from the sermons of Piper. It is titled, “Good News of Great Joy.” Each day there is a different advent devotion. My family has started and I found that even our little ones were able to follow along and…
Read MoreThe Wiles of Works Righteousness (4/4)
By Matthew Claridge– (For the other parts in this series: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) Justification by navel gazing This devious maneuver of works-righteousness is very closely related to the previous one. In fact, it only takes a slightly different path and less obvious detour to arrive at the same precipice. It is still…
Read MoreRead the Fathers: A Seven-Year Plan
By Luke Stamps– In his book Rediscovering the Church Fathers, Credo contributor Michael Haykin lamented, “The truth of the matter is that far too many modern-day evangelicals are either ignorant of or quite uncomfortable with the church fathers” (13). And this to our shame. The Fathers afford such rich biblical, theological, hermeneutical, pastoral, and…
Read MoreStephen Wellum on Francis Schaeffer’s Theology
In the most recent issue of Credo Magazine, “Francis Schaeffer at 100,” Stephen Wellum, Professor of Christian Theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, has contributed two valuable articles introducing the thought and life of Schaeffer. In his first article, “Ideas Have Consequences: Lessons from the Theology of Francis Schaeffer,” Wellum highlights Schaeffer’s focus on…
Read MoreA Response to Zaspel’s Review (Peter Gentry and Stephen Wellum)
[Editor’s note: Yesterday, Fred Zaspel wrote a review of Stephen Wellum and Peter Gentry’s new book, Kingdom through Covenant: A Biblical-Theological Understanding of the Covenants. Today Wellum and Gentry are responding and answering the questions Zaspel raised in his review.] We are grateful to Fred Zaspel for a careful and thorough reading of our work.…
Read MoreSome Reflections on Kingdom Through Covenant
Wellum, Stephen, and Peter Gentry. Kingdom through Covenant: A Biblical-Theological Understanding of the Covenants. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2012. Review by Fred G. Zaspel– Hurricane Sandy was for our family not the disaster it was for so many, but it was a major inconvenience. One happy spot in it all, however, was that the several days’…
Read MoreSojourners and Strangers: An Interview with Gregg Allison
Interview by Matthew Claridge– Gregg Allison, Professor of Christian Theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, has written the newest contribution to Crossway’s Foundations of Evangelical Theology series. Allison’s volume on ecclesiology is titled, Sojourners and Strangers: The Doctrine of the Church. We are very pleased to interview Allison’s on this significant contribution which not…
Read MorePrecision with Regard to the Small Things and Being an Historian
By Michael A.G. Haykin– How does one become an historian? Well, the path is not an easy one. But then the learning of no skill or art is easy. It does not come through merely much reading. Nor does it come through merely much writing. There have been all kinds of journal-writers—currently prolific bloggers—but neither…
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