Archive for June 2014
Why your children need the church (Jessalyn Hutto)
Often when we think about the focus of children’s ministry our minds are drawn to familiar Bible stories and Bible facts. Perhaps we are reminded of old flannelgraph dramas and the catchy songs many of us learned to aid in memorizing important Bible trivia. If we aren’t careful, our view of the church’s role in…
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 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. Pastors Aren’t Born But Formed: By Derek Rishmawy – Rishmawy says: “I’ve been struck to see that pastors aren’t born but formed. It’s easy when reading the final edition of the Institutes or…
Read MoreBarrett’s Book Notes: Atlas, Jesus’ Bible, and Reformation Commentary
Carl G. Rasmussen. Zondervan Atlas of the Bible and Zondervan Essential Atlas of the Bible. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2010, 2013. One of the key components to understanding the context in which the Old and New Testaments were written is having a grasp on the land in which these biblical figures lived, moved, and breathed. It…
Read MoreThe Pastor and Pornography (Heath Lambert)
In the new issue of Credo Magazine, “Churchy Gimmicks: Has the Church Sold Its Soul to Consumerism?”, Heath Lambert wrote a column entitled, “The Pastor and Pornography.” Lambert is Assistant Professor of Biblical Counseling at Boyce College in Louisville, KY. He is the author of Finally Free: Fighting for Purity Within the Power of Grace.…
Read MoreHonoring Dr. Rod Decker (Timothy Raymond)
In case you haven’t heard the news, Dr. Rod Decker, uber-New Testament scholar and teacher, author, mentor to countless pastors and missionaries, popular conference speaker and blogger, and author of one of the most-read articles at Themelios, died after a lengthy battle with cancer on May 25, 2014. God is good and wise and sovereign…
Read MoreOf God and Slot Machines: An Interview with Vern Poythress
Vern Poythress has published a new book entitled, Chance and the Sovereignty of God: A God-Centered Approach to Probability and Random Events. Poythress is Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Westminster Theological Seminary, as well as the Editor of the Westminster Theological Journal. He earned a B.S. in mathematics from California Institute of Technology (1966) and a…
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 MoreThe Gospel as Fulfillment of the Old Testament
Pondering once again the words of Carl F. H. Henry, we see a number of places where he teases out the implications of the atoning work of Christ. In one section of God, Revelation, and Authority, Henry sets his attention on the work of the suffering servant as seen in Isaiah 53. From this and other…
Read MoreFour Views on the Historical Adam: Interview with Caneday and Barrett
Over at Books At A Glance, Fred Zaspel has interviewed Ardel Caneday and Matthew Barrett who are the editors of a new Zondervan book called, Four Views on the Historical Adam (Counterpoints: Bible and Theology). The interview is two parts: Part 1 and Part 2. Here is the beginning of the interview to get you…
Read MoreArdel Caneday’s advice to students
Zondervan recently interviewed Ardel Caneday and asked him what his advice to seminary students might be. Sharing from his past experience, Caneday gives some helpful advice. Caneday (Ph.D., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is Professor of New Testament Studies and Biblical Studies at Northwestern College in St. Paul, Minnesota. He has served churches in various pastoral…
Read MoreBarrett’s Book Notes: Preparing Your Teens For College
Alex Chediak. Preparing Your Teens For College: Faith, Friends, Finances, and Much More. Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House, 2014. I had the pleasure of having lunch with Alex Chediak a while back when he was in the writing process of his new book, Preparing Your Teens For College. Chediak has taught at California Baptist University…
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