Posts by Lance English
Is Sola Scriptura Medieval? Most Definitely Yes.
In this video Credo Fellow Gavin Ortlund discusses views on the authority of the church and Scripture among Wessel Gansfort and other medieval theologians, suggesting there is medieval precedent for the Protestant view of sola Scriptura. See J.I. Packer’s Proclaiming Christ in a Pluralistic Age: https://www.crossway.org/books/procla… Truth Unites exists to promote gospel assurance through theological…
Read MoreAgainst the Prattling Preacher
I used to be a good listener. Then I became a Senior Pastor and Senior Pastors talk. On Sundays we read Scripture from elevated platforms and, with the eyes and ears of our parishioners fixed on us, we proclaim eternal truths, holy mysteries, and the greatness of God’s grace and call for believers’ lives. That’s…
Read MoreNew Biblical Theology Podcast! Bonhoeffer as Exegete?
Would Dietrich Bonhoeffer be comfortable signing the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy? To quote the man himself, “The theory of verbal plenary inspiration will not do.” Isn’t that confusing? He has such a high view of the authority of the Bible. Bonhoeffer left German liberalism and combated theological and political error all around him. He…
Read MoreHow Classical Theism Has Shaped My Spiritual Life
I have spent the last ten years or so thinking about God. This is not to say that God held no interest for me before the early 2010s. My preoccupation, then, was more in the area of Christology, which was understood along largely Barthian lines. This is not to say that I am now uninterested…
Read MoreThe Best Pastoral Theology Ever Written?
In this video, Credo Fellow Gavin Ortlund explores several themes in Gregory the Great’s Book of Pastoral Rule. See Gregory’s Book of Pastoral Rule here: https://www.amazon.com/Book-Pastoral-… Truth Unites exists to promote gospel assurance through theological depth.
Read MoreNew Credo Alliance Podcast! We Believe in the Holy Spirit
In this episode of the Credo Alliance, Credo Fellows John Fesko, Fred Sanders, and Scott Swain join Matthew Barrett to discuss the Holy Spirit and the eternal spiration of the Holy Spirit. They explore the historical and theological background of the Nicene Creed, and the implications of the Holy Spirit’s procession from the Father and…
Read MoreCredo Alliance: We Believe in the Holy Spirit
In this episode of the Credo Alliance, Credo Fellows John Fesko, Fred Sanders, and Scott Swain join Matthew Barrett to discuss the Holy Spirit and the eternal spiration of the Holy Spirit. They explore the historical and theological background of the Nicene Creed, and the implications of the Holy Spirit’s procession from the Father and…
Read MoreMeditating and Praying the Bible
Although the teaching about the devotional practice of Lectio Divina has predominantly resided in the domain of writers from the Roman Catholic tradition, in recent decades LD has captured the interest of a growing number of Protestants. In my reading as a professor of Biblical Spirituality, I have also observed a rapidly increasing interest in…
Read MoreThe Best Puritan Exposition of the Doctrine of God
Stephen Charnock’s Existence and Attributes of God is widely regarded as the best exposition of the doctrine of God to come out of the Puritan era. Charnock carefully discusses aspects of the doctrine of God in great detail, maintaining the distinctions and categories worked out by the Reformed scholastics of the seventeenth century, combining this…
Read MoreC. S. Lewis on the Inner Ring
One of the terms that has become popular in recent years is the deep state. In other words, people recognize that there is the recognized government, the executive, legislative, and judicial branches, but that at a deeper level there is a group of people and institutions that truly make the decisions and run things. Whether…
Read MoreTruth Unites: The Ontological Argument is Sound!
In this video, Credo Fellow Gavin Ortlund gives an overview and defense of Anselm’s ontological argument for the existence of God. Gavin’s book on Anselm: https://www.amazon.com/Anselms-Pursui… Truth Unites exists to promote gospel assurance through theological depth. Gavin Ortlund (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is President of Truth Unites and Theologian-in-Residence at Immanuel Church.
Read MoreNew Credo Alliance! Why We Retrieve Thomas Aquinas
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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