Archive for November 2021
New Credo Podcast: What made Calvin a theologian and a pastor?
John Calvin was one of the most influential figures of the Reformation. But have you ever thought about Calvin’s life? What were some of the events, enemies, friendships, relationships, and influences that shaped such monumental works as his Institutes and biblical commentaries? What inspired Calvin to write these works and what was the context in…
Read MoreWhat made Calvin a theologian and a pastor? Matthew Barrett and Bruce Gordon
John Calvin was an influential figure of the Reformation, but have you ever considered some of the events, enemies, friendships, relationships, and influences that shaped Calvin, as well as monumental works such as his Institutes and biblical commentaries? What inspired Calvin to write these works and what was the context in which they came to…
Read MoreThe Need for Creeds Today: An Interview with J. V. Fesko on Creeds, Confessions, and the Value of Tradition
The latest issue of Credo Magazine focuses on Confessions every Christian should read. The following is one of the issue’s featured interviews with J. V. Fesko. Dr. Fesko serves as professor of systematic and historical theology at RTS Jackson. Our age is a rapidly moving one. Historically detached and cynically predisposed to despising tradition, we are a…
Read MorePodcast Throwback: Does God Suffer?
Welcome to the Credo Podcast, where theological ideas have consequences. Today, we’re highlighting a fascinating conversation from the archives between Matthew Barrett and Thomas Weinandy. Can God still be loving and personal if he is not susceptible to emotional change? How are we to think about God’s impassibility in light of his immutability? How can…
Read MoreDoes the Trinity work inseparably? Ryan Hurd and Matthew Barrett
This is a series of conversations between major theologians and Matthew Barrett on the doctrine of the Trinity based on his new book, Simply Trinity: The Unmanipulated Father, Son, and Spirit (Baker, 2021). In this video, Ryan Hurd and Matthew Barrett explain why it is so essential to confess the doctrine of inseparable operations. The…
Read MoreFirst Principles: Doctrinal Anorexia and Indifference to Confessional Fidelity
The latest issue of Credo Magazine focuses on Confessions every Christian should read. The following is one of the issue’s featured columns by Matthew Barrett. Dr. Barrett is the executive editor of Credo Magazine and the host of the Credo podcast. Confessions. The word is often met with a blank stare and an awkward silence. Confessions are foreign to…
Read MoreAuthor’s Corner
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 MoreOn what basis can we prove that God exists?
The Summa Theologiae is one of the most influential works of Christian Theology ever written. Yet many people today are unfamiliar with Thomas Aquinas and his works while others remain skeptical of his theological and philosophical methods. Nevertheless, contrary to the caricature that has been painted by his detractors, Christians today have much to learn from the…
Read MoreConfessing the Holy Spirit in an Age of Biblicism: Michael Haykin and Matthew Barrett
This is a series of conversations between major theologians and Matthew Barrett on the doctrine of the Trinity based on his new book, Simply Trinity: The Unmanipulated Father, Son, and Spirit (Baker, 2021). In this video, Haykin and Barrett take an honest look at the history of biblicism, showing that evangelicals who embrace biblicism unwittingly…
Read MoreDivine Impassibility and the Mystery of the Incarnation
The past two centuries have witnessed the rise of what can be called “relational theism,” which can be defined as an umbrella term for a number of different doctrines of God ranging from theistic personalism to open theism to dynamic panentheism. They can be ranged on a spectrum from relatively conservative to extremely radical, but…
Read MoreA Glorious Doctrine with a Silly Name: The Extra Calvinisticum and the Gospel
The latest issue of Credo Magazine focuses on Confessions every Christian should read. The following is one of the issue’s featured columns by Samuel G. Parkison. Dr. Parkison is currently raising support for his new post as Professor of Theology at a seminary in the Middle East. In the incarnation, God reveals his Triune beauty for…
Read MoreAuthor’s Corner
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…
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