Archive for December 2021
Have I Done Enough? Facing our Finitude
Creaturely finitude is less an idea we discover and more of a reality we run into. All of us bounce between the illusion that we are in control and the…
Read MoreTranscendence: A Uniquely Christian Concept
What does the word “transcendence” mean? The answer is complicated because the concept expresses a relation between two metaphysical spheres or levels of reality and there is no agreement on…
Read MoreThe people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light
Each year we revisit the Christmas story, stunned by the scandal of it all: a king born in a feeding trough for goats and donkeys, the Son of God born…
Read MoreTaking the Trinitarian Christ out of Christmas
Who is Jesus? Few questions could be more relevant at Christmas. Yet a new Lifeway Research study reports a statistic that has the potential to deflate the Christmas spirit. Only…
Read MoreWe Have Seen His Glory: An Advent Sermon
Well, church, we have made it to the end of another year. Many of you, like me, may feel like you are crawling past 2021’s finish line rather than gracefully…
Read MoreThe Trinitarian Beauty of Adoption: The Holy Spirit
This is the final post in a three-part series looking at the Trinitarian contours of the doctrine of adoption. Thus far, I have tried to show how the Father from…
Read MoreSimply Trinity Wins Christianity Today’s 2022 Book Award in Theology/Ethics
With the end of the year fast approaching, we are presented once again with the opportunity to reflect on the year that the Lord has given us with thanksgiving and…
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…
Read MoreThe Second Way
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…
Read MoreThe Trinitarian Beauty of Adoption: The Son
In the previous post, we began to explore the Trinitarian contours of the doctrine of adoption. We saw how the Father in eternity past predestined us for a relationship with…
Read MoreChristianity Today’s 2022 Book Awards Winner: Simply Trinity
When it comes to books on the Trinity, words like accessible, welcoming, entertaining, and soul-stirring typically don’t come to mind. For Simply Trinity, however, all these descriptions apply. Barrett invites…
Read MoreInseparable Operations: Good News for Salvation? Matthew Barrett and Adonis Vidu
The external works of the Trinity are undivided. Until recently, this statement was an uncontroversial affirmation of the doctrine of inseparable operations. In fact, for nearly two millennia, inseparable operations…
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