Archive for April 2022
Author’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 MoreFive Ways to Prove 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 MoreWhy is the Beatific Vision our Hope? Michael Allen and Matthew Barrett
The apostle John once wrote to the church and made a bold promise: “Beloved we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is” (1 John 3:2). What does John mean…
Read MoreNew Credo Podcast: Why is the Beatific Vision our Hope?
The apostle John once wrote to the church and made a bold promise: “Beloved we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is” (1 John 3:2). What does John mean…
Read MoreContentment
I know of a number of pastors over the years who have served Christ’s church quite faithfully, some for numerous years, even decades. What everyone can easily perceive is the number of years that a pastor has served. Watchful eyes in the congregation will mark the passing anniversaries and alert other members of the church…
Read MoreWhat exactly is Protestant Scholasticism and why does it matter?
The latest issue of Credo Magazine focuses on Christian Platonism. The following is one of the issue’s featured articles by Jordan B. Cooper. Dr. Cooper is an ordained Lutheran pastor, an adjunct professor of Systematic Theology, the Executive Director of Just and Sinner, and the President of the American Lutheran Theological Seminary. The term “scholasticism” is somewhat…
Read MoreAuthor’s Corner: Puritan Paperbacks
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 MoreWhat does the hypostatic union mean in Christ?
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 More25 Theses on Trinitarian Classical Theism
The following theses are from Craig Carter’s book, Contemplating God with the Great Tradition: Recovering Trinitarian Classical Theism (Baker Academic, 2021). These theses are a corrective to the relational theism so prevalent in Protestantism, and serve to help evangelicals today return to the biblical, classical, and Nicene doctrine of God. This is what Matthew Barrett…
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 humility and God’s design to the extra Calvinisticum and Stephen King, these conversations pose significant questions for the church today. For more teaching on the importance…
Read MoreThe Platonism of Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas
The latest issue of Credo Magazine focuses on Christian Platonism. The following is one of the issue’s featured articles by Mark K. Spencer. Dr. Spencer is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota. While our beliefs as Christians are obviously rooted in Scripture and in traditions of practice, doctrine, and theology,…
Read MoreEaster Resurrection – The Trinity
Does the doctrine of the Trinity have anything to do with Easter? What does it mean for Jesus to be the Son of God? Matthew Barrett looks to John 5 to explain the relationship between Jesus’s resurrection and the believers’ hope of a final resurrection. Pointing to doctrines such as aseity, simplicity, and eternal generation,…
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