Archive for November 2018
The Modern Challenge to the Doctrine of Justification
Matthew Barrett, executive editor of Credo Magazine and Associate Professor of Christian Theology at Midwestern Seminary, is the editor of a forthcoming volume titled The Doctrine on Which the Church Stands or Falls: Justification in Biblical, Theological, Historical, and Pastoral Perspective (Crossway). In this video, Dr. Barrett spells out several modern challenges to the doctrine of justification, how…
Read MoreThe Question at the Heart of Christianity
Matthew Barrett, executive editor of Credo Magazine and Associate Professor of Christian Theology at Midwestern Seminary, is the editor of a forthcoming volume titled The Doctrine on Which the Church Stands or Falls: Justification in Biblical, Theological, Historical, and Pastoral Perspective (Crossway). In this video, Dr. Barrett explains how sinners can be right with a holy God is…
Read MoreThe Modern Challenge to the Doctrine of Justification
Matthew Barrett, executive editor of Credo Magazine and Associate Professor of Christian Theology at Midwestern Seminary, is the editor of a forthcoming volume titled The Doctrine on Which the Church Stands or Falls: Justification in Biblical, Theological, Historical, and Pastoral Perspective (Crossway). In this video, Dr. Barrett spells out several modern challenges to the doctrine of justification, how…
Read MoreWe Cannot Stop Speaking About What We Have Seen and Heard: Preaching Like Peter
As one of the inner circle of disciples closest to Jesus, Simon Peter’s apostolic, eye-witness proclamation is an indispensable study for anyone who desires their preaching to follow a biblical model. Unfortunately, unlike modern preachers, we do not have any audio or video recordings of Peter’s preaching, there are no published volumes of his sermons,…
Read MoreThe God Who Doesn’t Take Risks: The Comforting Doctrine of Providence
Here is part of an account of an incident involving General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson’s chaplain, the Confederate officer, Dr. Robert Lewis Dabney: Dr Dabney rode with General Jackson into the very thickest of the fight, on many a hard fought field. The men used to say of their soldier-preacher, “He does not mind it any…
Read MoreWhat Happens When You Study Leviticus More Than 10 years?
What happens when you study Leviticus for more than 10 years? I know the types of answers many people would provide: “You get to know your psychotherapist really well.” “People stop inviting you to dinner parties.” Or perhaps the most common: “Is this a serious question? Who in the world would do this?” I did.…
Read MoreBe Holy, for I am Holy: Why Peter Grounds Our Holiness in the Holiness of God
The latest issue of Credo Magazine focuses on the topic of holiness. The following is an excerpt from Daniel Hyde’s article, Be Holy, for I am Holy: Why Peter Grounds Our Holiness in the Holiness of God. Daniel R. Hyde is pastor of Oceanside United Reformed Church in Carlsbad/Oceanside, CA. He is the author of many books including…
Read MoreNone Greater: Matthew Barrett’s New Book on the Undomesticated Attributes of God
Executive editor of Credo Magazine and Associate Professor of Christian Theology at Midwestern Seminary, Matthew Barrett, has a new book set to release in March of 2019 titled None Greater: The Undomesticated Attributes of God (Baker Academic). For too long, Christians have domesticated God, bringing him down to our level, as if he is a God who can…
Read MoreUnderstanding the Text in Context: The ESV Archaeology Study Bible
The new issue of Credo Magazine focuses on the topic of holiness. The following is an excerpt from Kirkland Storseth’s book review, Understanding the Text in Context: The ESV Archaeology Study Bible. Kirkland Storseth is a graduate student at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY. He is a graduate of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary with a…
Read MoreWhat’s gone wrong with biblical interpretation? New podcast episode with Craig Carter
What’s gone wrong with biblical interpretation? Why does the doctrine of God matter for hermeneutics? If we reject classical theism and adopt theistic personalism, how does that change our view of inspiration? Can we follow the example of the apostles in their Christological interpretation? How has the enlightenment and methods of higher criticism affected hermeneutics…
Read MoreWhat’s gone wrong with biblical interpretation?
What’s gone wrong with biblical interpretation? Why does the doctrine of God matter for hermeneutics? If we reject classical theism and adopt theistic personalism, how does that change our view of inspiration? Can we follow the example of the apostles in their Christological interpretation? How has the enlightenment and methods of higher criticism affected hermeneutics…
Read MoreJesus and Solus Christus
Luke 24:45-48 says, “Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, and said to them, ‘Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are…
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