Archive for May 2025
Does the Incarnation Change God? Dominic Legge and Matthew Barrett
Oftentimes, theologians will approach the doctrine of Christology in an isolated way, rarely bringing the doctrine of the Trinity into the discussion. As a result, we have succumbed to many Christological heresies across the centuries and more recently entertained Kenotic Christology. The collateral damage has been severe. For example, in the past generation it became…
Read MoreWho is the Father?
Visit TheNiceneCreed.org for more informaiton and content related to the Nicene Creed! On this new website some of today’s best theologians introduce churchgoers to the Nicene Creed. In 12 short videos churches can contemplate the Trinity. But why this project? For over a millennium and a half the church across the globe has gathered together…
Read MoreAugustine the Reluctant Shepherd
A loyal protégé and friend of St. Augustine, one Possidius of Calama, offered an illuminating eulogy of the pastoral work of the famous Bishop of Hippo. At the end of his Vita Augustini (“Life of Augustine”), Possidius writes, “Those who read what he has written on divine subjects profit a great deal; however, I think…
Read MoreWhat does it mean for the Trinity to be one?
Visit TheNiceneCreed.org for more informaiton and content related to the Nicene Creed! On this new website some of today’s best theologians introduce churchgoers to the Nicene Creed. In 12 short videos churches can contemplate the Trinity. But why this project? For over a millennium and a half the church across the globe has gathered together…
Read MoreWhy was the Credo Conference Overwhelming?
I’m back from the Credo x Sola conference in Washington. Those who could not make it have asked me, what did you think? My answer: I was overwhelmed. Overwhelmed, that is, by the eagerness of those who attended to know and worship our triune God. It is truly powerful hearing 700+ people say the Nicene…
Read MoreAugustine’s Christian Platonism Revisited
Any serious study of the history of Christianity must come to terms with the complex role that Platonism played in the development of Christian philosophy and theology. While Platonism was a formative presence in the development of early Christian thought, its influence has waxed and waned through the centuries. Recently Platonism has again become a…
Read MoreChrist in the Old Testament
In the wake of the death and resurrection of Christ a number of Jesus’ disciples failed to receive word that their Lord and Savior had arisen from the dead. Under the impression that Jesus was dead in his tomb, the disciples walked on the road to Emmaus until a visitor joined them along the way.…
Read MoreAdonis Vidu to Deliver the 2025 Lecture for the Center for Classical Theology
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Adonis Vidu will deliver the Annual Lecture for The Center for Classical Theology in Boston, MA on November 17, 2025 (the evening before ETS). Dr. Vidu is titling his lecture, “The Christian Experience of the Trinity,” and this lecture will explore a lacuna in current trinitarian scholarship. The…
Read MoreHow It All Started: Credo Colloquy with D. A. Carson and Matthew Barrett
In this episode of the Credo podcast, Dr. Matthew Barrett talks with D. A. Carson, emeritus professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and cofounder of The Gospel Coalition. Carson shares his inspiring story of how it all started, how he went from studying chemistry to studying theology and doing pastoral works. Carson…
Read MoreD.A. Carson and Matthew Barrett: Credo Colloquy
D.A. Carson sits down with Matthew Barrett to reflect on his life and career. In this Credo Colloquy, Carson shares how he first became interested in biblical scholarship, why his father’s humble ministry kept him from being seduced by triumphalist theology, why he receives hate mail from missionaries to Muslims, why he wrote a manifesto…
Read MoreAn Explosion of Joy: Credo Conference Recap
What happens when 700 plus people of various Protestant traditions gather to confess, contemplate, and worship their triune God through the Nicene Creed? An explosion of joy. The Credo Conference on the Trinity delivered everything it promised. Can messages be both theological and worshipful? Absolutely. From Michael Reeves explaining the difference between the “Arian” Son…
Read MoreWhy We Retrieve Thomas Aquinas: Barrett, Swain, Sanders, Fesko
You’ve most likely been told that Thomas Aquinas is off limits, a theologian who will corrupt Protestants and turn them into Roman Catholics. And yet, Protestant history tells a different story: many of our Protestant forefathers did not merely retrieve Aquinas but thought of him as part of the same tradition they belonged to in…
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