Archive for June 2024
On Baptists and the Nicene Creed
When I was converted in Stanley Avenue Baptist Church, Hamilton, Ontario, in 1974 and subsequently baptized there and became a member, I wrestled with being a Baptist for a couple…
Read MoreThomas Aquinas on Predestination
This is the second of three posts dealing with topics that are important in Reformed theology that were already carefully dealt with in the medieval era. In the last post…
Read MorePodcast Throwback: Will the real Luther please stand up? Matthew Barrett with Samuel Bierig
In episode 3 of this mini-series, Samuel Bierig asks Matthew Barrett, author of the new book The Reformation as Renewal, to introduce us to another side of Martin Luther, that…
Read MoreYou Need One to Count to the Trinity
Western culture today parades its rebellion against nature and our Creator, against the goodness of bearing God’s image as men and women. Christians must defend the Bible’s teaching on God’s…
Read MoreThe Historic Baptist View of the Nicene Creed – Truth Unites
Credo Fellow Gavin Ortlund helpfully examines the historical place of the creeds in the life of Baptists. He engages with the current conversation animated by the SBC Annual Meeting motion…
Read MorePerfect Being Theology
The idea of ‘Perfect Being Theology’ gets short shrift from modern Reformed Christian theologians, even from some who should know better. The phrase is associated with St. Anselm, and with…
Read MoreHow did Irenaeus protect the church from early heresy? David and Jennifer McNutt
We tend to have an ideal picture of the early centuries of the church. The early church was a period of flourishing and growth, but it was also a period…
Read MoreHow did Irenaeus protect the church from early heresy? David and Jennifer McNutt
We tend to have an ideal picture of the early centuries of the church. The early church was a period of flourishing and growth, but it was also a period…
Read MoreOften Meditate on the Eternity of God
In my previous articles about Charnock, I explained how he argued that God is a Spirit and, therefore, not material. After this, Charnock turns to the eternity of God. This…
Read MoreHow Classical Theism Has Shaped My Life
Like tossing the car keys to a ten-year-old boy and asking him to drive a red sports car, someone handed me a copy of Jürgen Moltmann’s The Crucified God and…
Read MoreArticle XIX: The Creed
We encourage the Messengers of the Southern Baptist Convention meeting in June 2024 to affirm the Nicene Creed. We encourage the Southern Baptist Convention meeting in June 2025 to include…
Read MoreWhy should Baptists move with urgency to confess the Nicene Creed? – Stephen Lorance
There are few more pressing issues than preserving and proclaiming the unqualified and untrammeled Lordship of Christ, according to Stephen Lorance. This week at the Southern Baptist Convention, Andrew Brown,…
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