Archive for April 2024
My Favorite Reformed Theologians Introduced Me to Aquinas: Credo Colloquy with James Dolezal and Matthew Barrett
Why do my favorite Puritans seem to with some frequency go back to Aquinas?” James Dolezal came to know Aquinas through the works of Reformed Scholastics (from Stephen Charnock to John Owen) who were appealing to Aquinas and commentators on Aquinas in their works. Once you read Aquinas and understand how he contemplates God and…
Read MoreHow Classical Theism Has Shaped My Life
Isn’t it enough that we believe that God is good, that he created the world, that there is life after death, and that our actions garner for us divine punishments or rewards? C. S. Lewis wrote about mere Christianity; why isn’t mere theism enough? Why must Christians insist on those four theological distinctions—Trinity, incarnation, atonement,…
Read MoreNew Credo Podcast! Whatever Happened to Contemplation? Zena Hitz
What is the meaning of intellectual life? In modern education, educators and students alike are often disillusioned by the attitude prevalent in educational institutions that emphasizes usefulness and practicality rather than contemplating the meaning and purpose of life. Zena Hitz shares her own disillusionment and frustrations as an educator, and how she found the true…
Read MoreWhatever happened to Contemplation? Zena Hitz and Matthew Barrett
What is the meaning of intellectual life? In modern education, educators and students alike are often disillusioned by the attitude prevalent in educational institutions that emphasizes usefulness and practicality rather than contemplating the meaning and purpose of life. Zena Hitz shares her own disillusionment and frustrations as an educator, and how she found the true…
Read MoreDivine Simplicity and Trinitarian Action
One crucial aspect of storytelling is the concept of a “through line.” A through line connects themes and story structure throughout the story. In The Lord of The Rings, Frodo’s journey to destroy the Ring of Power in the fires of Mt. Doom serves to connect the many themes and subplots throughout the trilogy. Even…
Read MoreReformed Covenant Theology: A Systematic Introduction
Life in the present world waiting on the world to come raises questions for God’s people about how to relate to our God well. The covenant of grace’s substance in redemptive history’s every era is that God will be God to us in Christ, but we still need a way to experience those heavenly blessings…
Read MoreOn Barth’s Romans Commentary with Mark Gignilliat
Why was Karl Barth’s commentary on Romans so disruptive? This seminal work is still marked by its profound impact on the German liberal theological tradition. His commentary emerged in the shadow of the Great War, but more fully reflected a crisis in his own pastoral ministry where traditional theological frameworks seemed inadequate. Dr. Mark S.…
Read MoreWhy I’m a Baptist – Gavin Ortlund
In this video, Gavin Ortlund shares three reasons why he is a Baptist Christian: credobaptism, congregationalism, and the separation of church and state.
Read MoreSimon J. Kistemaker 2024 Lecture “The University’s Embrace” – Lewis Ayres
Professor Lewis Ayres delivered this year’s Kistemaker Lectures at RTS Orlando entitled, “How Should We Think? On the Place of Christian Theology in Seminary and University.” Here is the first of these four lectures, where Ayres explores the differences between pre-modern and modern universities and their impact on seminaries and Christian Theology. Image: Pixelbay Tama66
Read MoreMichael Horton will deliver the 2024 Lecture for The Center for Classical Theology
We are pleased to announce that Michael Horton will deliver the Annual Lecture for The Center for Classical Theology in San Diego, CA on November 19, 2024 (the evening before ETS). His lecture is titled, “If Reformed, then catholic: Revisiting sola scriptura.” Registration is now open here. Michael Horton is the J. Gresham Machen Professor…
Read MoreWhat Hath Parts To Do With Passions?
With a 65% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, Queen Latifah’s 2006 film Last Holiday could fairly be considered, as the kids say, “mid.”[1] The storyline surrounds one terminally ill woman’s decision to spend the rest of her money and days pursuing the ‘happy life’ she’d always dreamed of in Central Europe. Despite the film’s forgettability, one…
Read MoreThe New Issue of Credo Magazine is Here! Divine Simplicity
As goes divine simplicity, so goes classical theism. For some theologians, the affirmation of divine simplicity proves too much to bear, and the denial of such a doctrine requires them to dismiss classical theism as a whole. For many others, however, it was the discovery of divine simplicity that set them on their way to embracing…
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