Archive for June 2022
The Gospel of Life in the Triune God
The latest issue of Credo Magazine focuses on Christian Platonism. The following is one of the issue’s featured book reviews by Michaela Wingerd. In Union with Christ: Reframing Theology and Ministry for the Church, J. Todd Billings explores the manifold grace God gives the church through uniting her to Himself in Christ. Billings draws upon the New…
Read MoreProvidence and Chance
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! Should we call down fire from heaven or pick up our cross?
In the 21st century Christians have proved one thing with their fiery rhetoric: we fear man instead of God. That misplaced fear has created extreme hostility towards others in society. That misplaced fear has been exposed lately when Christians engage controversial topics such as Christian America, cancel culture, martyr complex, LGBTQ+, racism, and more. Yet…
Read MoreShould we call down fire from heaven or pick up our cross? Michael Horton and Matthew Barrett
In the 21st century Christians have proved one thing with their fiery rhetoric: we fear man instead of God. That misplaced fear has created extreme hostility towards others in society. That misplaced fear has been exposed lately when Christians engage controversial topics such as Christian America, cancel culture, martyr complex, LGBTQ+, racism, and more. Yet…
Read MoreI am writing a Systematic Theology
Friends, I have been holding on to some news: Baker Academic approached me at the start of 2022 and asked me to write a Systematic Theology. I will be writing this Systematic Theology for master’s level students (especially those in seminary). My Systematic Theology will be one volume and eventually I will write a shorter…
Read More10 Questions with Dan DeWitt: A Conversation on Philosophy, Apologetics, and the Arts
The latest issue of Credo Magazine focuses on Christian Platonism. The following is one of the issue’s featured interviews with Dan DeWitt. Dr. DeWitt is the Director of the Center for Biblical Apologetics and Public Christianity and Associate Professor of Applied Theology and Apologetics at Cedarville University. 1. You’ve written a thing or two about Christian apologetics. How…
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 MoreGod’s Will
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 MoreEvangelicals and the Sectarian Temptation: Will Evangelicalism have the courage to be Protestant?
Evangelicalism in the twenty-first century confronts a choice. Will we find the courage to be confessionally Protestant? Or will the movement continue to drift into an ever-evolving, amorphous, experience-based form of piety that is untethered from historic orthodoxy and the catholic (universal) faith? The former tendency grows increasingly rare; the latter predominates today. The Evangelical…
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