Posts by Timothy Gatewood
Is Eternal Generation Essential to the Gospel? Charles Lee Irons and Matthew Barrett
This is a series of conversations between major theologians and Matthew Barrett on the doctrine of the Trinity. What is eternal generation? At one point terms such as “generation,” “begetting,” and “Sonship” were at home in a Christian’s vocabulary. Today, this is no longer the case. Typically, when we discuss concepts such as generation and…
Read MoreThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Trinity: Fred Sanders, Matthew Barrett, and the Dangers of Conflation
This is a series of conversations between major theologians and Matthew Barrett on the doctrine of the Trinity. In this video, Fred Sanders and Matthew Barrett discuss chapter 4 of Barrett’s book, Simply Trinity: The Unmanipulated Father, Son, and Spirit (Baker, 2021). Sanders and Barrett explore the way the missions reveal the processions of the…
Read MoreSince When Did the Trinity Go Social? Craig Carter and Matthew Barrett
This is a series of conversations between major theologians and Matthew Barrett on the doctrine of the Trinity. In this video, Craig Carter and Matthew Barrett discuss chapter 3 of Barrett’s book, Simply Trinity: The Unmanipulated Father, Son, and Spirit (Baker, 2021). Carter and Barrett discuss topics such as the legacy of Nicaea in light of…
Read MoreCan We Trust the God of Our Fathers? James Eglinton and Matthew Barrett
This is a series of conversations between major theologians and Matthew Barrett on the doctrine of the Trinity. In this video, James Eglinton and Matthew Barrett discuss chapter 2 of Barrett’s book, Simply Trinity: The Unmanipulated Father, Son, and Spirit (Baker, 2021). Eglinton and Barrett engage the Nicene Creed, explain why the Fathers chose certain words…
Read MoreTrinity Drift and Evangelicalism: Thomas Kidd and Matthew Barrett
This is the first of a series of conversations between major theologians and Matthew Barrett on the doctrine of the Trinity. In this first video, Thomas Kidd, professor at Baylor University, and Matthew Barrett engage topics like: evangelicalism’s suspicion towards history and creeds, recent drift away from Nicene trinitarianism, the rise of social trinitarianism, the need…
Read MoreThe Lord is Good
Goodness is pre-eminent with respect to God. God is goodness itself. Goodness is not only in him but, astonishingly, what he is. When we read, sing, and meditate upon the Psalms, we are confronted with a plethora of references to God’s goodness. One of the most arresting is Psalm 119:68: “You are good and do…
Read MoreThe Christian and Philosophy
What does Jerusalem have to do with Athens? This was the famous statement made by Tertullian when he challenged the supposed connections between theology and philosophy, the naturally obtained wisdom of humans. From one vantage point, Tertullian echoes the teaching of Scripture. Recall the words of the Apostle Paul: “The natural person does not accept the…
Read MoreThe Eternal Generation of the Son
Many in the church today have never heard about the doctrine of eternal generation. But did you know that the early church believed this doctrine was absolutely essential to a biblical understanding of the Trinity and the deity of the Son? They also believed that eternal generation was indispensable to our salvation. If the Son…
Read MoreAsk The Experts: Why is a Proper Understanding of the Trinity Essential?
According to Matthew Barrett, “As Christians we have no higher calling then to contemplate and know who our God is.” To that end, Credo Magazine is happy to partner with Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and share a recent episode of Ask the Experts, featuring our own Dr. Barrett. In order to know who God is,…
Read MoreSurprised by the Perfect Being
College can be one of the most pivotal moments in a young person’s life. R. C. Sproul once said that his time in college was life changing because he took a philosophy class where he had to grapple with the greatest ideas from the greatest minds ever to walk the earth. That is true to…
Read MoreThe God Who Doesn’t Take Risks: The Comforting Doctrine of Providence
Here is part of an account of an incident involving General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson’s chaplain, the Confederate officer, Dr. Robert Lewis Dabney: Dr Dabney rode with General Jackson into the very thickest of the fight, on many a hard fought field. The men used to say of their soldier-preacher, “He does not mind it any…
Read MoreThere Is Something Wrong and We Don’t Even Know It: Gary Wilkerson and Matthew Barrett
Anyone familiar with boating knows the dangers of drifting. It can seem slight, but if not corrected, over time it will take you far off course. Matthew Barrett joins Gary Wilkerson to discuss the dangerous drifts taking place within the church’s understanding of the Trinity. Developing a proper doctrine of the Trinity will take work…
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