Archive for August 2021
The Nicene Doctrine of the Trinity and Banquo’s Ghost: The Madness of Social Trinitarianism
The new issue of Credo Magazine focuses on the creeds of the Christian Faith. The following is an excerpt from one of the issue’s featured articles by Craig A. Carter. Dr. Carter serves as Research Professor of Theology at Tyndale University in Toronto and as Theologian in Residence at Westney Heights Baptist Church. In the Introduction to…
Read MoreAuthor’s Corner: Oxford Studies in Historical Theology
Each week on Credo we welcome you to join us in the Author’s Corner where we will meet a set of authors whose recent books deserve your attention and might even help you grow in your knowledge of theology, history, philosophy, and the scriptures. We hope the Author’s Corner can keep you up-to-date on the…
Read MoreThe Council of Orange: An Underrated Statement on Grace
The new issue of Credo Magazine focuses on the creeds of the Christian Faith. The following is an excerpt from one of the issue’s featured articles by Bradley Green. Dr. Green is professor of Theological Studies at Union University. It has been said that all of western philosophy is a long series of footnotes to Plato and…
Read MoreTen Truths about a Liar
Is Satan capable of inception? Does he whisper temptations in our ear? Is Satan’s authority, power, and relationship to unbelievers the same or different from Christians? These are all valid and, frankly, somewhat haunting questions. I am not left emotionally unmoved by the many destroyed marriages and ministries around me Satan has devoured. I trust…
Read MoreWhy Do Christians Need Natural Theology? Steven Duby and Matthew Barrett
The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork (Psalm 119:1). With this reverberating tribute to God’s design, we learn that David, a man who had the special revelation of God through Moses, can also appreciate what it is that the natural order teaches about God. Many Christians today acknowledge God’s…
Read MoreNew Credo Podcast: Why Do Christians Need Natural Theology?
The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork (Psalm 119:1). With this reverberating tribute to God’s design, we learn that David, a man who had the special revelation of God through Moses, can also appreciate what it is that the natural order teaches about God. Many Christians today acknowledge God’s…
Read MoreHow Should We Teach the Doctrine of the Trinity?
The doctrine of the Trinity obviously is in crisis today. Even conservative confessional Protestants and Evangelicals are writing things that are incompatible with classical, Christian orthodoxy. Since the classical, Christian orthodox doctrine of God is the true teaching of Scripture, this means that our emphasis on biblicism and our refusal to take the history of…
Read MoreAuthor’s Corner: Oxford Studies in Historical Theology
Each week on Credo we welcome you to join us in the Author’s Corner where we will meet a set of authors whose recent books deserve your attention and might even help you grow in your knowledge of theology, history, philosophy, and the scriptures. We hope the Author’s Corner can keep you up-to-date on the…
Read MoreRetrieving an Ancient Sacramental Ecology: Series Recap
Recently, Credo featured a blog series written by James C. Ungureanu about the need to recover an ancient sacramental ecology. In these essays, Ungureanu recounts the history of sacred ecology, from the enchanted view of the ancients to the naturalistic and frankly unenchanted conception of nature that arose in the post-Enlightenment world. As he traces this…
Read MoreCredo Fellow Highlight: Adonis Vidu
Credo is Latin for “I believe.” From the creeds of the Church Fathers to the confessions of the Reformation, Christians have been faithful to confess the faith once for all delivered to the saints. Credo retrieves this classical and reformational heritage in order to create and cultivate theological renewal today. By bridging the gap between church…
Read MoreThe Nicene Creed: Where Did it Come From?
The new issue of Credo Magazine focuses on the creeds of the Christian Faith. The following is an excerpt from one of the issue’s featured articles by Bryan Litfin. Dr. Litfin is an editor at Moody Publishers and taught theology at Moody Bible Institute for sixteen years. Many Christians today are familiar with the Apostles’…
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