Archive for October 2013
Reformation week
Next Thursday, October 31, is Reformation Day. Each year we look forward to this day as an opportunity to celebrate those fundamental truths of the Reformation. So, we will be devoting all of next week to the Reformation, posting various articles, excerpts from the Reformers, and book recommendations on the blog. We hope you will…
Read MoreCredo’s Cache
Each week we will be highlighting important resources. Check back each Friday to see what we have dug up for you. From this week’s cache: 1. Q&A: How Do You Train Children to Manage Their Feelings?: By Nicole Whitacre – Nicole notes that: “One of the most effective ways my parents helped my sisters and…
Read MoreA Modern Calvinist: An interview with James Bratt on Abraham Kuyper
Abraham Kuyper was one of the most important and influential figures of the 19th century and early 20th century. Kuyper was not only a Dutch theologian, writing several works of theology that we still have with us today, but a politician, journalist, and statesman, being the prime minister of the Netherlands at the start of…
Read MoreThree Reflections on the Strange Fire Conference (Timothy Raymond)
So a funny thing happened to me last week. I was going about my normal pastoral duties when suddenly I was laid low by the flu. I’ll spare you the humiliating details, but the benefit of it was that I was able to sit in an easy-chair and watch several messages from the recent Strange…
Read MoreWhy is faith not a work? Matthew Barrett answers
The Gospel Coalition posed the question “Why is faith not a work?” to Matthew Barrett, executive editor of Credo Magazine. Barrett begins by saying, Let’s begin with an analogy. When you walk into a dark room, what comes first, the appearance of light or turning on the light switch? As we perceive things, they seem…
Read MoreBorn from Above: A Puritan Perspective on Divine Sovereignty in Salvation (Michael A.G. Haykin)
In the recent issue of Credo Magazine, “Born Again: God’s Sovereign Grace in the Miracle of Regeneration,” Michael Haykin contributed an article called, “Born from Above: A Puritan Perspective on Divine Sovereignty in Salvation.” Haykin is Professor of Church History and Biblical Spirituality at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the author of numerous…
Read MoreAdvice from the scholars
Over at koinoinia, a blog hosted by Zondervan academic, a series of videos have been posted each week where each scholar is asked a question. Their answers are short, but you may find them helpful. (Michael Bird’s is especially funny and insightful!) My Advice to Students — Al Mohler Reminds Us That Theology and Life…
Read More“Safely through the waters”–A Pastor’s Thoughts on the Gospel of Mark (Matthew Claridge)
[Editor’s note: To read previous articles in this series on the gospel of Mark, click here.] We have surveyed the three major themes of Mark’s Gospel in Mk. 1.1-3: Biblical Theology, Gospel Centrality, and Discipleship Ministry. The first two of these are developed in a big way in the following verses of Mark’s prologue as…
Read MoreCredo’s Cache
Each week we will be highlighting important resources. Check back each Friday to see what we have dug up for you. From this week’s cache: 1. Preaching Christ Only as Frodo: Reflections on Christ-Centered Preaching: By Michael Kruger – Dr. Kruger notes: “Thus, Christ-centered preaching cannot be restricted to just preaching the priestly office of…
Read MoreOur Lady of the Rib
Having used the Bride of Christ metaphor to revisit the Pactum Salutis in Introducing the Princess Bride and the creation of Adam in Prototype of an Ideal Husband, we now turn to a different kind of Creation. Genesis 2:20-25 recounts an act of what we call Creatio Passiva or Creatio Secunda, wherein God creates something…
Read MoreR. Albert Mohler Jr. and Southern Seminary
As a graduate of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary I take great pride in the work that has been done there, especially what R. Albert Mohler has accomplished in turning the seminary around. This Spring I will be once again teaching History of Baptist Thought here at California Baptist University and one of my favorite…
Read MoreA Psalm of Confidence: Psalm 121 (Fred Zaspel)
[photo source] In Psalm 121 we read: I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber…
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