Archive for April 2023
A Skilled Engineer: The Mystery of Sanctification
The intricacy of LEGO products has changed immensely since I was a child. I remember the basics of rectangle and square blocks, thin flat pieces that work as a ceiling or something, and the occasional exciting hinge piece to mount a door. As I unpack my new LEGO kit, I’m astounded by the sorts of…
Read MoreRegister Now: Carl Trueman will deliver the inaugural lecture for the Center for Classical Theology
The Center for Classical Theology exists to contemplate God and all things in relation to God by listening with humility to his word with the wisdom of the Great Tradition. The purpose of CCT is to create a renewed vision for systematic theology today in the spirit of faith seeking understanding. CCT is pleased to…
Read MoreCarl Trueman: The Inaugural Lecture for the Center for Classical Theology
The Center for Classical Theology exists to contemplate God and all things in relation to God by listening with humility to his word with the wisdom of the Great Tradition. The purpose of CCT is to create a renewed vision for systematic theology today in the spirit of faith seeking understanding. CCT is pleased to…
Read MoreHoly LEGO: Sanctification in the Local Church
I recently received a LEGO set of the Millennium Falcon. I’ve pined over it for years and am thankful for it. But with all my excitement over this gift, what if I never opened the box? Even more, if I opened the box, what if I never assembled the pieces? It would be squandering a…
Read MoreThe Reformation as Renewal
Simply Trinity
What is Reformed Scholasticism?
For many readers, “Reformed” and “scholasticism” might appear to be a strange conjunction. In Reformation and post-Reformation thought, “the scholastics” were often short-hand for the “bad guys.” Martin Luther even wrote an early work against scholastic theology.[1] Scholasticism is often pitted against a commitment to scripture in popular thinking, substituting exegesis with complex and muddled…
Read MoreOn Natural Theology and the Enlightenment: Why We Must Recover the Scholastic Harmony of Faith and Reason
On April 15, 2023, Richard Barcellos tweeted: According to M Bac and T Pleizier, W van Asselt taught that “the major break in church history is the Enlightenment rather than the Reformation and Renaissance period.” As quoted by R. McGraw in Reformed Scholasticism, 49. This is, as the Irish are wont to say, “Dead on.”…
Read MoreNew Credo Podcast! Why were the Reformers born out of Scholastic soil?
The Reformation has often been lamented, blamed for everything from secularism to schism. Meanwhile, others celebrate the Reformation either as a modern liberation or a biblicist break from tradition. But in this new mini-series of interviews, Samuel Parkison asks Matthew Barrett what the Reformers themselves thought since he is the author of the soon-to-release book, The…
Read MoreWhy were the Reformers born out of Scholastic soil? Matthew Barrett and Samuel G. Parkison
The Reformation has often been lamented, blamed for everything from secularism to schism. Meanwhile, others celebrate the Reformation either as a modern liberation or a biblicist break from tradition. But in this new mini-series of interviews, Samuel Parkison asks Matthew Barrett what the Reformers themselves thought since he is the author of the soon-to-release book, The…
Read MoreWhat was the Reformation really about?
The Reformation is often simplified as a 16th-century religious conflict solely centered on matters of faith and church practice. However, delving deeper into history reveals a complex tapestry of political, social, and philosophical threads that help us understand what the Reformers were fighting for. In this video, Gavin Ortlund interviews Matthew Barrett about his new…
Read MoreWholesome Protestant Doctrine
Dedicating an entire issue of Credo Magazine to the topic of Reformed scholasticism will, no doubt, illicit a wide spectrum of reactions.[1] Some potential readers will be enthused, ready to further their understanding of what has become familiar to them in recent years. Others will approach this issue with skepticism if not downright dismissal. It…
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