An 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 and the Son Who is “God of God, Light of Light, Very God of God” who brings redeemed humanity home with Him, to Kevin DeYoung expounding what the Creed means when it says “we believe”, to Fred Sanders teaching the importance of the “Nicene Line”, day one was a fire hydrant of theology that welled up into praise.

Day two was no less intellectually and spiritually challenging. Matthew Barrett started things off by taking us deep into inseparable operations, while exegeting John 5. His talk was a master class in theologically robust, exegetically sound, preaching. Michael Horton followed up by demonstrating the importance of the Creed’s expansion on the Holy Spirit to protect the gospel from  the “Spirit-killers” and ending with the glorious hope of the Spirit’s making us “as much like God as possible.”

Finally, Gavin Ortlund helped us contemplate the reality that he who came down from heaven, did not vacate any part of heaven, but as he became a baby, he remained the one in whom “all things hold together.” He is nothing less than the perfect Savior. “Everything we need He has done.” Ortlund powerfully showed the importance of the Son assuming humanity in the Incarnation. The appropriate close to the two, trinitarian packed, days.

From the messages to the songs, the worship that was evoked from the contemplation of the Trinity filled hearts and minds. I’m still unpacking so much of what these two days delivered, including the books I scored from the amazing bookstore, but one thing my heart is holding on to is the unity that the Creed provided to those in the room for these two days. It was a perfect example of the norming influence the Creed has had for 1700 years.

May it continue to provide the Church with the orthodox boundaries that demonstrates the unity of the “one holy catholic and apostolic church.”

Credo partnered with Sola Media to make this conference a success. Great news: the conference will meet again next year! Look for an announcement as we share with you next year’s topic. We can’t wait to see you again.