Archive for April 2022
What does the resurrection have to do with the gospel?
What does the resurrection have to do with the gospel? Why was it necessary for Christ not only to die on the cross but to rise from the dead? How does the resurrection ground our salvation from beginning to end? Should the resurrection change the way we share the gospel with those who do not…
Read MoreAquinas on Creation and the Trinitarian Missions
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 MoreNew Credo Podcast: What can Christians learn from Stephen King?
Stephen King will go down as one of the greatest fiction writers of our time. Although his works are not often considered relevant to theological conversation or even unfriendly to the Christian faith by some, King offers Christians a window into the human experience with his deep sense of reality that is honest about the…
Read MoreWhat can Christians learn from Stephen King? Jared Wilson and Matthew Barrett
Stephen King will go down as one of the greatest fiction writers of our time. Although his works are not often considered relevant to theological conversation or even unfriendly to the Christian faith by some, King offers Christians a window into the human experience with his deep sense of reality that is honest about the…
Read MorePray while you Study, and Study while you Pray
One of the casualties of the modern theological curriculum is the division of the different theological disciplines. In the nineteenth-century theologians created the fourfold division of theology: biblical studies, church history, theology, and practical theology. While there are undoubtedly other factors at play, such as the distancing of the theological academy from the church, I…
Read MoreWhy We Still Need Plato
The latest issue of Credo Magazine focuses on Christian Platonism. The following is one of the issue’s featured articles by Louis Markos. Dr. Markos is Professor in English and Scholar in Residence at Houston Baptist University. Along with a growing number of my fellow evangelicals, I have learned to qualify the Reformation cry of sola scriptura (distinguishing…
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 MoreAquinas on the Trinity and Creation
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 MoreThe Beatific Vision: A Sermon
See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but…
Read MoreDivine Providence and the Problem of Innocent Suffering
I recently preached a sermon titled “Divine Providence and the Problem of Suffering and Evil” from Job 42:2-3. To prepare, I read Milton’s Paradise Lost. Like Job, Milton offers no rational explanation for the problem of evil, but he does describe a biblical worldview as a context for thinking about the problem. Paradise Lost In…
Read MoreThe Truth Will Set You Free
The latest issue of Credo Magazine focuses on Christian Platonism. The following is one of the issue’s featured articles by Paul Tyson. Dr. Tyson is an Honorary Senior Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Queensland. Metaphysics concerns our partial understanding of the essential and transcendent truths of reality. Western modernity,…
Read MoreAuthor’s Corner: Catholic University of America Press
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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