Archive for April 2014
Coming very soon…
The new issue of Credo Magazine is almost here! Here is a sneak peek…
Read MoreNew audio by Iain Murray on the Resurrection
We would like to make a new audio available today! Iain Murray recently preached a sermon at Clifton Baptist Church in Louisville, KY, called “What the Resurrection Means for Christians – Acts 4:33.” Here is the audio below, followed by a short description of Murray from monergism.com, where you can listen to many of Murray’s…
Read MoreGood Friday – The Final Days of Jesus
In one of my previous Book Notes, I recommended The Final Days of Jesus: The Most Important Week of the Most Important Person Who Ever Lived, by Andreas J. Köstenberger and Justin Taylor, with Alexander Stewart. This week Justin Taylor has been posting videos that go along with the book, highlighting each day of passion…
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. When Jesus Said Farewell: By Collin Hansen – Hansen says: “We Christians sometimes buy into a lie. We assume that if we’re not like those hateful, judgmental people who call themselves…
Read MoreWhat is the Gospel? Message by Michael Horton
“What is the Gospel?” This is the question Michael Horton addresses in this message. Horton begins by exposing the many false understandings of the gospel in the culture today before explaining the true gospel.
Read MoreWhat does the Heidelberg Catechism say about justification?
In the most recent issue of Credo Magazine, “Justification: The Doctrine On Which the Church Stands or Falls,” we drew your attention to this central doctrine of the Christian faith. Occasionally we like to take the opportunity to listen to voices of the past in order to better understand Christian doctrine. And so we looked…
Read MoreBarrett’s Book Notes: Jesus Christ
With Good Friday and Easter nearly upon us, here are a few new books related to the person of Christ to read this Easter season. Bryan Chapell. Christ-Centered Sermons: Models of Redemptive Preaching. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2013. If you found Chapell’s Christ-Centered Preaching a helpful tool in thinking through sermon preparation and how to…
Read MoreMy Advice to Students – Video Interview with Matthew Barrett
Zondervan continues to ask professors what their advice is to seminary students. Recently they asked Matthew Barrett as well. Barrett (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is Assistant Professor of Christian Studies at California Baptist University, as well as the founder and executive editor of Credo Magazine. Barrett is also Senior Pastor of Fellowship Baptist…
Read MoreDo Not Forsake Assembling Together
It seems that in today’s technological and fast-paced age, the church assembled is still a reality, but not the priority it was in previous days. The author Hebrews clearly instructs believers to exhort one another day after day, and not to forsake assembling as biblical communities, so that we will not be hardened by the…
Read MoreSunday’s Sermon (Schreiner, Zaspel, Barrett)
Three of Credo Magazine’s main contributors include Thomas Schreiner, Fred Zaspel, and Matthew Barrett. Each of them are professors, but they are also pastors. So each Monday morning we will be highlighting their “Sunday’s Sermon” on the blog to provide you with encouragement throughout the week and an opportunity to study God’s Word.
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. Husbands Love Your Wives: By The National Center For Family-Integrated Churches – Make sure to check out this online video webinar featuring Scott Brown, Joel Beeke, Sam Waldron, Jeff Pollard and Derek…
Read MoreStanding Firm for the Doctrine of Justification by Faith Alone
In light of the recent issue of Credo Magazine, “Justification: The Doctrine On Which the Church Stands or Falls,” we would like to highlight R. C. Sproul’s 2012 message: Standing Firm for the Doctrine of Justification by Faith Alone. Here is an excerpt from the message from Ligonier, followed by the video of the entire…
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