Archive for September 2020
New Podcast: Who Cut Us Off from the Good, the True, and the Beautiful?
If it is true that the average evangelical suffers from an anemic theology, then it is equally true that the average evangelical suffers from an anemic imagination. Too often Christians, particularly those burdened with a desire for more theological precision, think that reading classic works of literature is at best a waste of time and…
Read MoreBiblical Theology According to the Apostles
I have benefited greatly from the study of the use of the OT in the NT. I took courses on this subject and have written on it in a few different settings. However, most of the study I’ve done on this topic has been particularly focused on the use of a specific OT text 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 Impassibility, Thomas Aquinas, the Lord’s Supper, the role of philosophy in theology, and the trustworthiness of the Gospels. In each episode, Matthew Barrett talks with fellow theologians about…
Read MoreThe Pedigree of Justification in the Pentateuch
Matthew Barrett, executive editor of Credo Magazine, has edited a new book with Crossway titled, The Doctrine on Which the Church Stands or Falls: Justification in Biblical, Theological, Historical, and Pastoral Perspective. Many factors contributed to the Protestant Reformation, but one of the most significant was the debate over the doctrine of justification by faith alone.…
Read MoreNew Video with Stephen Wellum: Did the Incarnate Son Abandon His Divine Attributes?
Did Jesus abandon his divine attributes when he became incarnate? Doesn’t Philippians 2 teach that Jesus emptied himself? Was the incarnation an act of subtraction or addition? How does the incarnation relate to the divine essence? Did the incarnation affect the trinity? Stephen Wellum addresses both the humanity and divinity of Christ in this new…
Read MoreDid the Incarnate Son Abandon His Divine Attributes?
Did Jesus abandon his divine attributes when he became incarnate? Doesn’t Philippians 2 teach that Jesus emptied himself? Was the incarnation an act of subtraction or addition? How does the incarnation relate to the divine essence? Did the incarnation affect the trinity? Stephen Wellum addresses both the humanity and divinity of Christ in this new…
Read MoreWhy Does Bavinck Need a New Biography?
In the twelve years since the fourth and final volume of his Reformed Dogmatics (Baker, 2008) was released in English, Herman Bavinck (1854-1921) has become a firm fixture on the reading lists and bookshelves of evangelical (and in particular, Reformed) theology students and pastors across the English-speaking world. Thanks to the efforts of those who…
Read MoreSubstantial Unity of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
Augustine once wrote, “When we think about God the Trinity we are aware that our thoughts are quite inadequate to their object and incapable of grasping Him as He is.” It is the “perplexing mystery” of the Trinity which James Dolezal addresses for the final lecture of the Southern California Reformed Baptist Pastors Conference. Thinking…
Read MoreHow Does One Read the Christian Tradition?
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 columns by Christopher R. J. Holmes. Christopher R. J. Holmes (ThD, Wycliffe College and University of Toronto) is associate professor in systematic theology at the University of Otago in New…
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