Archive for January 2025
How Classical Theism Has Shaped My Life – Charles Helmer
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 MoreIs “Catholic Protestant” an oxymoron? Sam Parkison and Wyatt Graham
Is “Catholic Protestant” an oxymoron? What does Protestantism have to offer to a generation of Christians hungry for tradition and warm-hearted catholicity? In this episode, Sam Parkison interviews Wyatt Graham,…
Read MoreWhat Can We Learn from Traditions that Adopt the Nicene Creed?
Many nineteenth- and twentieth-century Baptists would have balked at the recent idea of adopting a formal creed like the Nicene Creed as part of their confession. As W. B. Johnson…
Read MoreHorton, Beale, Carter, and Barrett: Q&A at the Center for Classical Theology
After Michael Horton’s address, “If Reformed, then catholic: Revisiting Sola Scriptura”, he was joined by G.K. Beale and Craig Carter for a time of Q&A led by Matthew Barrett. Horton’s…
Read MoreMichael Horton CCT Lecture – If Reformed, the catholic: Revisiting Sola Scriptura
Was sola scriptura the invention of the Reformation? Or were Protestants retrieving the church’s view of scritpure, from the church fathers to the best of the medieval scholastics? At the…
Read MoreWhy Should We Submit to an Early Christian Creed?
What should a pastor do when he finds a member of his church promoting the ancient heresy of Arianism? I recently returned home to Canada from Melbourne, Australia where I…
Read MoreCredo Book Highlight: Daily Doctrine by Kevin DeYoung
The following is an excerpt taken from Daily Doctrine by Kevin DeYoung. Daily Doctrine was given the “Theology for the Christian Life” book award by Credo in 2024. In the life of…
Read MoreThe Challenge and Charm of “Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin.”
The film “Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin” was released in the United States in late November 2024. It has been called a historical drama thriller film, though how “historical” it is…
Read MoreNew Podcast – Proclaiming the Triune God: Matthew Barrett, Sam Parkison, Ronni Kurtz, and Joseph Lanier
In this episode of the Credo Podcast, Sam Parkison joins with Matthew Barrett (Professor of Christian Theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary), Ronni Kurtz (Assistant Professor of Theology at Cedarville…
Read MoreA Map to Organize Wonder
Author and naturalist Peter Steinhart says, “Maps are a way of organizing wonder.” The Nicene Creed, written in 325 years then ratified and expanded in 381 at the Council of…
Read MoreProclaiming the Triune God: Matthew Barrett, Sam Parkison, Ronni Kurtz, and Joseph Lanier
In this episode of the Credo Podcast, Sam Parkison joins with Matthew Barrett (Professor of Christian Theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary), Ronni Kurtz (Assistant Professor of Theology at Cedarville…
Read MoreOut of the Echo Chamber
I can remember hearing a colleague once boast, “I never read anyone except Reformed authors. I don’t want to waste my time with what other less-informed theologians think.” I didn’t…
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