Archive for September 2021
New Issue of Credo Magazine! We Believe: Confessions Every Christian Should Read
The new issue of Credo Magazine is here! We Believe: Confessions Every Christian Should Read If holy scripture is sufficient and authoritative, why do we need confessions? Retrieving the time-tested wisdom of the church’s confessions does not contradict but complements a high view of scripture. Confessions, at their best, serve to keep the church faithful,…
Read MoreSince When Did the Trinity Go Social? Craig Carter and Matthew Barrett
This is a series of conversations between major theologians and Matthew Barrett on the doctrine of the Trinity. In this video, Craig Carter and Matthew Barrett discuss chapter 3 of Barrett’s book, Simply Trinity: The Unmanipulated Father, Son, and Spirit (Baker, 2021). Carter and Barrett discuss topics such as the legacy of Nicaea in light of…
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, the conversations have revolved around important topics concerning theology and philosophy. From Aquinas and natural theology to Nietzsche and post-Modernism, these conversations pose significant questions for the church today. For more teaching on the importance of theology…
Read MoreRetrieving Ancient Philosophy: Is it Right to Think of Jesus as “The Great Philosopher?”
The latest issue of Credo Magazine focuses on the creeds of the Christian Faith. The following is one of the issue’s featured book reviews by Drake Burrows. Drake is pursuing his Master of Divinity at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, MO, and is a Pastoral Resident at Emmaus Church. Jonathan T. Pennington’s Jesus the…
Read MoreAuthor’s Corner: John Webster
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 MoreCan We Trust the God of Our Fathers? James Eglinton and Matthew Barrett
This is a series of conversations between major theologians and Matthew Barrett on the doctrine of the Trinity. In this video, James Eglinton and Matthew Barrett discuss chapter 2 of Barrett’s book, Simply Trinity: The Unmanipulated Father, Son, and Spirit (Baker, 2021). Eglinton and Barrett engage the Nicene Creed, explain why the Fathers chose certain words…
Read MoreGnosticism and Naturalism: Why We Must Reject Both!
In the history of the church, we have always had two big heresies seeking to undermine the Christian doctrines of creation and eschatology: Gnosticism and Naturalism. Modernity at its worst is a combination of these two heresies Gnosticism is the doctrine that matter is evil, and salvation consists of escape from the material world to…
Read MoreNew Credo Podcast: Nietzsche, Freud, and the Politics of Sex
There’s been a drastic shift in the understanding of the self over the last 200 years. We now tend to think of ourselves as unencumbered, expressive individuals who are most authentic when we are able to act outwardly on those things that really define us, our inward feelings and our inward desires. Additionally, our imaginations…
Read MoreNietzsche, Freud, and the Politics of Sex: Carl R. Trueman and Matthew Barrett
There’s been a drastic shift in the understanding of the self over the last 200 years. We now tend to think of ourselves as unencumbered, expressive individuals who are most authentic when we are able to act outwardly on those things that really define us, our inward feelings and our inward desires. Additionally, our imaginations…
Read MoreCreeds Every Christian Should Read
In the latest issue of Credo Magazine, we are meditating on some of the best early creeds and confessions of the Church’s history. We believe that self-consciously standing on the faithful foundation of those who have gone before us in the faith is one of the best ways to guard the deposit of faith, once for…
Read MoreAuthor’s Corner: Crossway
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 MoreTrinity Drift and Evangelicalism: Thomas Kidd and Matthew Barrett
This is the first of a series of conversations between major theologians and Matthew Barrett on the doctrine of the Trinity. In this first video, Thomas Kidd, professor at Baylor University, and Matthew Barrett engage topics like: evangelicalism’s suspicion towards history and creeds, recent drift away from Nicene trinitarianism, the rise of social trinitarianism, the need…
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