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The Doctrine of God: New course by Matthew Barrett
The For the Church Institute has released a new course called Theology 1 by Matthew Barrett, editor-in-chief of Credo Magazine and host of the Credo Podcast. Over the next year, FTC Institute will release lectures within this course. Last week we highlighted Unit 1 which asks the question, What is Theology? Today we highlight Unit 2…
Read MoreWhat is Theology? New course by Matthew Barrett
The For the Church Institute has released a new course called Theology 1 by Matthew Barrett, editor-in-chief of Credo Magazine and host of the Credo Podcast. Over the next year, FTC Institute will release lectures within this course. Right now, the first unit is live! The first unit is called: What is Theology? Unit 1: Since…
Read MoreWhy did C.S. Lewis think natural law could make us human again? Michael Ward and Matthew Barrett
The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles but irrigate deserts.” With these words C.S. Lewis opened The Abolition of Man. Lewis spent his life standing against the modern approach to education, an approach that encouraged cynicism and skepticism, leaving a wasteland in its wake. On the basis of his own university experience Lewis…
Read MoreThe Incarnation
It was Gregory of Nazianzus who stated, “That which He has not assumed He has not healed.” As such, the Incarnation is not merely a historical occurrence. Rather, it is an event with deep soteriological implications. Furthermore, since God has become man, the doctrine has deep anthropological implications. Further still, since we expect Christ to…
Read MoreTimothy Gatewood – Executive Editor and Associate Director
Credo exists to retrieve classical Christianity for the sake of creating and cultivating reformation in the church today. I (Matthew Barrett) founded Credo ten years ago to bridge the gulf between the academy and the church by making theology accessible to churchgoers, pastors, and students alike. And ten years later Credo continues to foster theological…
Read MoreModern Trinity or Classical Trinity? Thomas Joseph White and Matthew Barrett
Many moderns constructed their doctrine of the Trinity according to Rahner’s rule, which says the immanent Trinity is the economic Trinity and the economic Trinity is the immanent Trinity. But should Christians even frame the Trinity in these terms? Are we conflating the Trinity with history itself by affirming this principle? But more broader still,…
Read MoreWhat are the processions of the Trinity? Glenn Butner and Matthew Barrett
What are eternal processions? The language of “processions” may be foreign to some today, but the Great Tradition capitalized on this language to describe the Trinity and keep heresy at bay. From the church fathers to the medieval and Protestant scholastics, theologians used the language of procession to explain how the Son is eternally begotten…
Read MorePodcast Throwback: Why is humility essential to theology? Kelly Kapic and Matthew Barrett
When Jesus washes his disciples’ feet he is not just giving them a picture of the type of salvation he has come to accomplish, but he is showing them the means by which he will accomplish that salvation as well. Moreover, Jesus commands his disciples to follow his example and sacrificially serve one another in humility. Paul also makes…
Read MoreWhy is Zwingli the forgotten Reformer? Bruce Gordon and Matthew Barrett
In celebrations of the Reformation Protestants have placed not little emphasis on prominent figures such as John Calvin or Martin Luther. Others such as Zwingli, along with the Swiss reformation, are often overlooked and considered inconsequential. Yet, Zwingli’s controversial legacy is foundational to the genesis of the Reformed church. Zwingli finds himself caught in between…
Read MoreHow to Study Theology: Eighteen Specifications
Everyone is a theologian. This is not to say that everyone is a good theologian. It only means that whenever someone asserts a truth about a topic dealt with in the Bible, they are stating a theological proposition. I assume most reading this article, however, are seeking to be good theologians. How can we study theology in the…
Read MoreHow can the man of sorrows be impassible? Steven J. Duby and Matthew Barrett
The doctrine of God’s impassibility may seem counterintuitive to many Christians today, but actually, impassibility is an essential belief of Christian orthodoxy. Impassibility was not only affirmed in the great confessions of faith throughout church history, but also defended as vital to the doctrine of God itself. But how does a theologian reconcile divine impassibility…
Read MoreWhat did Thomas Jefferson think about Christianity? Matthew Barrett and Gary Steward with Thomas S. Kidd
Thomas Jefferson continues to elicit a wide-range of reactions. Jefferson had a brilliant mind and engaged with Christianity in ways that were both sympathetic and critical. Along with many others during his time, Jefferson was intrigued by several principles from the Enlightenment era, which influenced his perception of Christianity. Jefferson embodied a tension over issues…
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