Archive for January 2020
Ten Baptists: A Recap
Over the last several weeks, Steve Weaver has written about ten baptist figures that everyone should know. In these posts, Weaver recounts a brief biography of each figure, noting their conversions, confessions, and commitments. Additionally, Weaver provides resources for further study and insight. In this post, we simply wanted to give a brief recap from…
Read MoreThe Blessed and Only God: Part Four
Paul’s doctrine of God in 1 Timothy is profoundly high and profoundly deep. The Lord is high and lifted up, inhabiting eternity; yet also near, dwelling with the lowly and contrite in spirit. He is infinitely transcendent: immortal, invisible, the only God, dwelling in unapproachable light. But he is also intimately near in the person…
Read MoreThe Blessed and Only God: Part Three
In our previous post, we began considering Paul’s doctrine of God in his first letter to Timothy, a teaching that erupts in two great doxologies in 1 Tim. 1:17 and 6:15. These doxologies draw us up into the rarified atmosphere of God’s transcendence. Yet mountains, like God’s transcendence, don’t float in the air. They are…
Read MoreThe Blessed and Only God: Part Two
When we approach Paul’s exalted doxologies of God, one feature of them immediately strikes us. Let’s read again 1 Tim. 1:17 and 6:15-16. To the King of ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. The Blessed God who reigns Above He who is the blessed and only Sovereign,…
Read MoreThe Blessed and Only God: Part One
What comes to mind when you think of Paul’s first letter to Timothy? I’m willing to bet that for many of us “a manual on church life” might summarize our first thoughts. This is not an unfair description. It certainly seems to capture what Paul himself said was the purpose of his letter in 3:15-16,…
Read MoreTen Baptists Everyone Should Know: Edgar Young Mullins
Edgar Young Mullins may seem a strange choice to wrap up this “Ten Baptists Everyone Should Know” series. In order to get a sense of the significance of Mullins in Southern Baptist life, consider the evaluation rendered by famed literary critic Harold Bloom: Edgar Young Mullins I would nominate as the Calvin or Luther or…
Read MoreEavesdrop on a Theological Conversation: Recent Episodes of the Credo Podcast
Are you looking to deepen your understanding of theology? In the last several episodes of the Credo Podcast, a range of doctrinal issues have been covered, including hermeneutics, doctrine of Scripture, cultural engagement, Old Princeton, the covenant of redemption, and Roman Catholicism. In each episode, Matthew Barrett talks with fellow theologians about the most important…
Read MoreWomen Every Christian Should Know: Charlotte Mary Yonge
By modern standards, British writer Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823-1901) lived an “uneventful” life.[1] One biographer emphasizes this point with this brief description of Charlotte’s life: “[She] was educated at home, only once traveled outside England, had a comfortable income, enjoyed good health, and held no inflammatory opinions.” Additionally, Charlotte never married or had children even…
Read MoreNew Credo Podcast: Is the Pope the Antichrist?
Is the Pope the Antichrist? How is the threefold office of prophet, priest, and king applied in a Roman Catholic context? How do we as Protestants engage Roman Catholics with the authority of the Bible? How should we interpret Matthew 16:18 and the idea of papal succession? How does a Roman Catholics view Mary and how…
Read MoreIs the Pope the Antichrist?
Is the Pope the Antichrist? How is the threefold office of prophet, priest, and king applied in a Roman Catholic context? How do we as Protestants engage Roman Catholics with the authority of the Bible? How should we interpret Matthew 16:18 and the idea of papal succession? How does a Roman Catholics view Mary and how…
Read MoreHow to Read Galatians Theologically
Reading Scripture through the lens of biblical theology is a necessary hermeneutic to grasp the meaning of Scripture. Paul’s letter to the Galatians is an apt illustration of this point, for in Galatians Paul not only assumed the existence of the biblical storyline but also engaged with and commented on it in his defense of…
Read MoreTen Baptists Everyone Should Know: Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Charles Haddon Spurgeon was born on June 19, 1834, to Thomas and Eliza Spurgeon. He came into this world as both the son and grandson of preachers. At the age of eighteen months, the toddling Spurgeon went to stay with his grandfather James and his grandmother in Stanbourne, Essex. It was in his grandparents’ home…
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