Archive for June 2020
What The Puritans Taught This Builder About Ministry
You’d think having owned a construction company would be good preparation for serving as a pastor. Construction work is high-stress, project-driven work, full of timelines and schedules, like much church ministry. The Bible itself repeatedly uses language of construction to talk about the life of a local church – terminology taken straight out of a…
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 Trinitarianism, Augustine, hermeneutics, communion with God, the book of Revelation, and Matthew Barrett’s new book: Canon, Covenant and Christology. In each episode, Matthew Barrett talks with fellow theologians…
Read MoreGregory of Nazianzus
The new issue of Credo Magazine, “The Great Tradition,” focuses on the early Church Fathers. The following is an excerpt from one of the issue’s featured articles by Marvin Jones. Jones (Ph.D., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary) teaches Theology and Church History at Louisiana College serves as a pastor at First Baptist Church Hargis. Additionally, Dr.…
Read MoreContemplating God with the Great Tradition
The new issue of Credo Magazine, “The Great Tradition,” focuses on the early Church Fathers. The following is an excerpt from the issue’s featured interview with Craig Carter. Craig Carter serves as Professor of Theology at Tyndale University in Toronto and as Theologian in Residence at Westney Heights Baptist Church. He was kind enough to…
Read MoreA Look Inside the New Issue of Credo Magazine
The new issue of Credo Magazine is now here! The Great Tradition: Patristic Edition. Few Christians today have ever heard about the Church Fathers. Those that have heard about the fathers have been warned that they are Roman Catholic or untrustworthy exegetes, or both! However, there is a retrieval underfoot that is not so easily…
Read MoreThe New Issue of Credo Magazine: The Great Tradition
The new issue of Credo Magazine is now here! The Great Tradition: Patristic Edition. Few Christians today have ever heard about the Church Fathers. Those that have heard about the fathers have been warned that they are Roman Catholic or untrustworthy exegetes, or both! However, there is a retrieval underfoot that is not so easily…
Read MoreSuccessful or Faithful?
Ministering to teenagers for over 12 years has, much like a teenager, come with a variety of emotions. Days where I can’t think of anything else I’d rather be doing to days where I dream of a 9-5 office job where I can just clock out for the day. When I began doing youth ministry…
Read MoreThe Works of William Perkins
Reformation Heritage Books just released the tenth and final volume of The Works of William Perkins! Here at Credo, we wanted to highlight the completion of the Perkins’s set. Below is a description from Reformation Heritage Books. The Works of William Perkins fills a major gap in Reformed and Puritan theology. Though Perkins is best known today for his…
Read MoreLeeli and the Dragon Song: On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness
The new issue of Credo Magazine, “The Truth Inside the Lie,” focuses on the relationship between theology and fiction. The following is an excerpt from Andrew Peterson’s “On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness.” Andrew Peterson is a critically acclaimed recording artist and songwriter, as well as the author of the award-winning Wingfeather…
Read MoreThe Wholesome Doctrine of the Gospel: Faith and Love in the Writings of William Perkins
William Perkins (1558–1602) is properly remembered as the father of Puritanism. He powerfully promoted the Reformed experiential faith with pulpit and pen, shaping preaching and piety for generations. Perhaps his most influential work, The Art of Prophesying, was a preaching manual that synthesized the Puritan emphasis on application, what they often called “uses” of Scripture.…
Read MoreFrom the Bay of Pigs to Mestizo Augustine
How did turmoil in Cuba lead Justo Gonzalez into the strange new world of church history? How does Justo Gonzalez balance cultural insight and biblical fidelity? How did Augustine’s background affect Gonzalez’s insights into the Donatist and Pelagian controversies? What motivated the Reformers to go back to the sources to reconceive theological education? Can the past help…
Read MoreNew Podcast: From the Bay of Pigs to Mestizo Augustine
How did turmoil in Cuba lead Justo Gonzalez into the strange new world of church history? How does Justo Gonzalez balance cultural insight and biblical fidelity? How did Augustine’s background affect Gonzalez’s insights into the Donatist and Pelagian controversies? What motivated the Reformers to go back to the sources to reconceive theological education? Can the past help…
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