Archive for December 2018
16 Commentaries (and Bibles) to help you study the Bible this new year
As you enter the new year, no doubt you are setting goals, making plans, and starting new resolutions. Reading the Bible should be one of them, but you should not…
Read MoreAging and Finishing Well
On June 9, 2018, I turned 66. Age, I am discovering, can be a powerful tool in your hands. It can motivate you to be more than you ever were…
Read MoreGod, Creation Ex Nihilo, and Immutability: Does God Change By Virtue of Creation?
The new issue of Credo Magazine is titled The Immutability of God. The following is an excerpt from Richard C. Barcellos’ article, God, Creation Ex Nihilo, and Immutability: Does God Change By Virtue of…
Read MoreThe Credo Podcast: Looking Back on 2018, Looking Forward to 2019
Founder and executive editor of Credo Magazine and Associate Professor of Christian Theology at Midwestern Seminary, Matthew Barrett, is the host of The Credo Podcast, which launched in April of 2018. In…
Read MoreWhen God Became Human
When one grows up in the British Commonwealth (as I did), one feels a certain right to begin a paper like this with an illustration involving the Queen. There must…
Read MoreThe Sounding Joy: Four Reasons to Rejoice in Jesus’ Arrival
Luke’s infancy narratives provide the most detailed description of Jesus’ birth and its surrounding events. The Gospel writer records the angelic announcements of John the Baptist’s birth to Zechariah (1:5–25),…
Read MoreRevelation 16: Libations of God’s Wrath
The pouring of libations is an ancient, complex, and varied ceremonial act. Usually, it took the form of pouring a measure of wine (or olive oil, honey or some other…
Read MoreImmutability, the Promises of God, and the Christian Life
The new issue of Credo Magazine is titled The Immutability of God. The following is an excerpt from Peter Sanlon’s article, Immutability, the Promises of God, and the Christian Life. Peter Sanlon (PhD) is Director of Training…
Read MoreBethlehem, the Nativity, and Matthew’s New Exodus
With Christmas season upon us, the eyes of Christians worldwide turn to Bethlehem, the city immortalized in Scripture, songs, and pageants as the birthplace of Jesus Christ. Though it once…
Read MoreWhat is the difference between “Son of Man” and “Son of God”? New Credo video with Stephen Wellum
Do the titles “Son of Man” and “Son of God” both carry divine and human overtones? In what way is Jesus’ whole identity bound up as the “Son of God”?…
Read MoreWhat is the difference between “Son of Man” and “Son of God”?
Do the titles “Son of Man” and “Son of God” both carry divine and human overtones? In what way is Jesus’ whole identity bound up as the “Son of God”?…
Read MoreDoes Jesus Know What It’s like to Be Us?
Does Jesus know what it’s like to be us? We want to believe that; but can we? After all, he was never married with six kids, as some of us…
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