Archive for June 2014
Sunday’s Sermon (Schreiner, Barrett, Zaspel)
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 MoreCheap vs. Costly Grace
The life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer was fascinating, inspiring, and convicting in seeking to walk before Jesus as his disciple (for more on Bonhoeffer’s life, see this biography by Eric Metaxas). The quote below is perhaps well known as Bonhoeffer seeks to articulate the difference between what is “cheap grace” and that which is “costly grace.”…
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. Sustainable Preaching: By Dan Doriani – Doriani says: “The wise pastor still listens to people and reads widely, so he can engage the imagination of his listeners and apply the word…
Read MoreThomas Schreiner talks about commentaries, the gospel, and much more
What commentary should I use when preparing for a sermon? What kind of commentaries are the most helpful? Why is Scripture so important for ministry? Is there a beauty to the biblical text? How does the Bible transform our lives and churches? How primary should the gospel be in our lives? In this interview, Daniel…
Read MoreThomas Schreiner on preachers using biblical languages
Are you a pastor, or perhaps a seminary student looking to one day become a pastor? If so, you may have wondered whether or not keeping up with the original languages is possible in the midst of the demands of ministry? In this video below, Credo Magazine contributor and blogger, Thomas Schreiner, gives advice to…
Read MoreR. C. Sproul on Free Will
What is free will? Do we have free will? How does God’s grace work on our will? These questions and many others are addressed in these messages by R. C. Sproul, Founder and Chairman of Ligonier Ministries. Free will and divine sovereignty: Are we born free? The Loss of liberty: Sovereign Grace:…
Read MoreThe New Birth and Adoption (Tom Rogstad)
[12] But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, [13] who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. —John 1:12-13; NASB I have always…
Read MoreSunday’s Sermon (Schreiner, Barrett, Zaspel)
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 MoreGospel Renewal
If there was someone who truly seemed to understand the grace of God contained in the gospel to an eminent degree, it would be John Newton. Working as a slave trader and then converted and turned to gospel ministry, Newton is utterly refreshing to read and be reminded of our position in Christ. May we…
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. My Taste of Academic Persecution: By Ted Kluck – Kluck says: “I can thank God for my junior-varsity persecution because it unites me with brothers and sisters in Christ around the…
Read MoreGeerhardus Vos: 2 Volumes on Sale
Are you a fan of the biblical theology of Geerhardus Vos? If so, Westminster Bookstore is selling two of his books at 40% off: Redemptive History and Biblical Interpretation and Biblical Theology. Here is a little about Vos: Geerhardus Vos (1862–1949) was born in the Netherlands and emigrated to the USA in 1881. He earned…
Read MoreBarrett’s Book Notes: Reformed Confessions, Antinomianism, Samuel Miller, and The Book of Common Prayer
James T. Dennison, ed. Reformed Confessions of the 16th and 17 Centuries in English Translation. Volume 3: 1567-1599. Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, 2012. James T. Dennison, ed. Reformed Confessions of the 16th and 17 Centuries in English Translation. Volume 4: 1600-1693. Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, 2014. I am very excited to see the…
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