Archive for February 2015
Credo’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, Prioritize Prayer: By D.A. Carson– Carson says: “Are we confused about our roles? If we remember what we have been called to and devote ourselves to praying for what…
Read MoreAn Interview with Haykin and Robinson on Calvin’s Missiology
The difference between a mixture and a solution is that in the former two elements are mixed together but never joined in a complimentary way that produces a new chemical state. For some, the combination of Calvinism and missions can at best only be a mixed up arrangement. But in their recent book To the…
Read MoreNew Issue…”By the Book: How Well Do You Know the Bible?”
The new issue of Credo Magazine is now here! “By the Book: How Well Do You Know the Bible?” View the magazine as a PDF (Click Here) How well do you know your Bible? Now that is a scary question, even if you have been a Christian for a long time. Between church events, little…
Read More2015 Conference for Pastors – Desiring God
The audios and videos from the 2015 Desiring God Pastor’s conference are now available. What Is Sin? The Essence and Root of All Sinning (John Piper) Make War: The Pastor and His People in the Battle Against Sin (John Piper) O, That Day, When Freed from Sinning (Sam Storms) In Adam All…
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. 8 Essential Components for Discerning God’s Will: By David Sills– Sills says: “I know that some people maintain that God doesn’t have a will for our lives beyond our sanctification,…
Read MoreComing soon…By the Book: How Well Do You Know the Bible?
The January/February issue of Credo Magazine is almost here! Here is the cover…
Read MoreTragically Beautiful Love (Chris Marley)
The narrative of creation and fall in Genesis, depending on with whom you speak, is beloved or hated, mysterious, absolute or debatable, unquestionable, or a mixture thereof. Unfortunately in the fervor of the issues, especially regarding the historicity of the account, the bridal analogy is often overlooked. My purpose in previous articles (such as Bridefall,…
Read MorePhilosophy meets Neo-Calvinism: Exploring the relationship between a Christian worldview and philosophy
Craig Bartholomew and Michael Goheen. Christian Philosophy: A Systematic and Narrative Introduction. Baker Academic, 2013. Review by Luke Stamps Christians have long debated the proper role of philosophy in the theological task. One tendency, represented by the second century theologian Tertullian, has been to diminish philosophy’s significance because of its allegedly anti-Christian assumptions. Another tendency,…
Read MoreThomas Schreiner gives reading advice to young pastors
Credo Magazine contributor, Thomas Schreiner, has weighed in on an important question posed by TGC: In addition to Scripture and sound doctrine, what should young pastors today be studying? Is that any different from what you would’ve recommended 20 years ago, or even 10 years ago? Here is what Schreiner had to say: I don’t…
Read MoreTom Schreiner: A Biblical Meditation on the ISIS Execution of 21 Christians
Credo Magazine contributor Thomas Schreiner has written a guest post on Justin Taylor’s blog, Between Two Worlds, responding to the ISIS execution of 21 Christians. Here is the start of his article: Most of us have read the story of 21 Egyptian Christians kidnapped in Libya. An ISIS video showed about 12 of them being…
Read MoreInspiration from John Owen to Diligently Preach the Gospel (Matthew Barrett)
Editor’s note: This article first appeared on The Gospel Coalition. The Word is like the sun in the firmament. . . . It hath virtually in it all spiritual light and heat. But the preaching of the Word is as the motion and beams of the sun, which actually and effectually doth communicate that light…
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. You Can Say No To Porn: By John Piper– Piper says: “Self-control is a fruit of the Spirit. He creates the miracle. We act the miracle. He creates it by…
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