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What does the resurrection have to do with the gospel?
What does the resurrection have to do with the gospel? Why was it necessary for Christ not only to die on the cross but to rise from the dead? How does the resurrection ground our salvation from beginning to end? Should the resurrection change the way we share the gospel with those who do not know Christ? What does the resurrection tell us about the Trinity?
Read MoreNew Credo Podcast: Do the Church Fathers Still Speak Today?
How can the church fathers, who lived so long ago and in such a different context, benefit twenty-first-century Christians? Surely, we might be tempted to think, the world of the early church is too alien to inform those of us who live today, especially on topics such as corporate worship and Christian living. In this…
Read MoreThe Well-Trained Theologian: Essential Texts for Retrieving Classical Christian Theology
Over the last several decades, evangelicalism’s lack of roots has become conspicuous. Many years ago, I experienced this firsthand as a university student and eventually as a seminary student. Books from the past were segregated to classes in church history, while classes on hermeneutics and biblical exegesis carried on as if no one had exegeted…
Read MoreCanon, Covenant, and Christology: A new book by Matthew Barrett
It’s almost March, which means Matthew Barrett’s new book is about to release! Canon, Covenant, and Christology: Rethinking Jesus and the Scriptures of Israel is the latest contribution to D. A. Carson’s New Studies in Biblical Theology Series (IVP). In this short video Matthew Barrett tells us why he wrote the book and why he believes it…
Read MoreTen Baptists Everyone Should Know: John Dagg
John Leadley Dagg was born on February 14, 1794 in Middleburg, Virginia. He became the first Southern Baptist to write a systematic theology. He was a pastor, a school administrator and teacher in four different states. His Manual of Theology (1857) and Treatise on Church Order (1858) were published together in one volume in 1859…
Read MoreTen Baptists Everyone Should Know: Adoniram Judson
Adoniram Judson (1788-1850) was born August 9, 1788 in Malden, Massachusetts. His father, Adoniram Judson, Sr., was a Congregationalist minister in New England. The younger Judson was a precocious child who learned to read by the age of three. He proved to be an excellent student, mastering Greek and Latin at an early age. His…
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