Archive for May 2022
Christian Platonism: A History
The latest issue of Credo Magazine focuses on Christian Platonism. The following is one of the issue’s featured interviews with John Peter Kenney, editor of Christian Platonism: A History (CUP, 2021). Anyone…
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 MoreGod’s Knowledge
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 MoreDon’t Listen to Sermons
When students cross the threshold and enter the hallowed halls of seminary, those who enroll in the Master of Divinity program usually have one big goal in mind—they want to…
Read MoreFurther Up and Further In: Appreciating the Platonic Tradition and the Reformed Conception of Union with Christ
The latest issue of Credo Magazine focuses on Christian Platonism. The following is one of the issue’s featured columns by Samuel G. Parkison. Dr. Parkison is associate professor of theological studies and…
Read MoreNo Plato, No Augustine: The humility to quote their poets and philosophers
The latest issue of Credo Magazine focuses on Christian Platonism. The following is one of the issue’s featured columns by Matthew Barrett, executive editor of Credo Magazine. Evangelical Christians today have…
Read MoreJustification and Edwards: A Postscript
In part one and part two of this series, I evaluated one of the great theological minds of America, Jonathan Edwards, but I argued that he makes some unhelpful deviations…
Read MoreWhat is saving faith really? Jonathan Edwards’ departure from Reformed theology, Part 2
Historian of American history, Gary Steward, once again turns – ad fontes – to the writings of Jonathan Edwards in this second article. In Part 1 Steward argued that Edwards broke with the Reformed tradition…
Read MoreWhat is saving faith really? Jonathan Edwards’ departure from Reformed theology, Part 1
Without a doubt, Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) was one of the most creative and prolific theologians America has ever produced. Interpreters of Edwards have sharply disagreed over how Edwards’s understanding of…
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 MoreNaming God
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 Attractive Reductionism of Van Til
You can think of this post as “the brief confession of a former Van Tilian.” I don’t think I’ll ever truly get past my love for Cornelius Van Til. He…
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