In celebration of Reformation Day we are honored to have a sat down with Michael A.G. Haykin, professor of Church History and Biblical Spirituality at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary to talk about the life and theology of Martin Luther. In the first video Haykin explain how Martin Luther was converted, in the second video [...]

 Interview by Matthew Barrett For Reformation Day we are pleased to have Michael Reeves join us to talk about the importance of the Reformation. Michael is author of Unquenchable Flame: Discovering the Heart of the Reformation (B&H). He is also theological advisor for Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship (UCCF), a charity supporting evangelism in higher [...]

By Matthew Barrett So when the devil throws your sins in your face and declares that you deserve death and hell, tell him this: “I admit that I deserve death and hell, what of it? For I know One who suffered and made satisfaction on my behalf. His name is Jesus Christ, Son of God, [...]

By Luke Stamps I suppose it’s safe to say that there has been a revival of interest in all things “gospel” among evangelicals in the last several years.  Evangelical churches, organizations, conferences, blogs, sermons, ministries, and writings are as likely to feature the language of “gospel” as any other biblical theme.  And with good reason.  [...]

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As many of you may know, this Sunday is Reformation Sunday in light of Monday, October 31st, being Reformation Day. Starting tomorrow through the rest of next week, the Credo blog will focus each post on the Reformation. We hope by the end of the week you will have a better understanding and love for [...]

By Thomas Schreiner It has often been pointed out that the church at Thyatira has the opposite problem of the church at Ephesus. The church at Ephesus was doctrinally pure but had abandoned its first love. The church at Thyatira was growing in many ways, but it had sacrificed doctrinal purity. G. K. Chesterton rightly [...]

On a scale from 1 to 10, how difficult is it to interpret OT prophetic literature? James Hamilton, Walter Kaiser, Daniel Hays, Peter Gentry, and David Talley all give their answer in the October issue of Credo Magazine! Their answers may surprise you! Open publication – Free publishing – More evangelicals To view the publication [...]

By Marc Cortez Blank, white space. Just staring at me. Mocking me. Daring me to write what I really think. I know perfectly well what I’m supposed to write. I paid attention in class and studied hard for the test. More importantly, I know how this prof works. He’s not looking for anything creative, interesting, [...]

By Matthew Barrett How do you know when a church moves from being a less than healthy church, but nonetheless still a true church, to being a false church altogether? There are perhaps many ways to detect whether a church has become a false church (a rejection of the gospel should be at the top [...]

By Paul Helm I’m beginning to think that effectual calling is one key biblical idea that is frequently misunderstood, as much among its supporters as its detractors. This state of affairs only leads to nervousness on the one side, and to caricature and misrepresentation on the other. Reformed theology has the Scriptural resources to meet [...]

By Tony Merida As I write this article, our core team for our new church plant has been gathering for a grand total of three weeks. We currently have about twenty people on the team, and several children. We are filled with excitement, joy, anticipation, and nervousness. I have served as an itinerant evangelist, a [...]

By Michael A.G. Haykin The sixteenth century was one of the great eras of English Bible translation. Between 1526, when William Tyndale’s superlative rendition of the New Testament was printed, and 1611, when the King James Bible (KJB), or Authorized Bible, appeared, no less than ten English-language Bible versions were published. The translators of the [...]

Interview by Oren Martin In this October’s issue of Credo Magazine, “The Living Word,” we were pleased to have John Frame, who holds the J.D. Trimble Chair of Systematic Theology and Philosophy at Reformed Theological Seminary, join us to talk about his recent volume, The Doctrine of the Word of God. Can you tell us [...]

By Fred G. Zaspel One aspect of God’s omniscience is his knowledge of the future. Open Theists have denied this, of course, but the question is not really a difficult one. Over and again in Scripture God is presented as knowing what will happen. Not just selectively but exhaustively God knows all that will be. [...]

Over on Credo’s “Reviews and Interviews” page, Nate Wood has written a helpful review of A Gracious and Compassionate God: Mission, Salvation and Spirituality in the Book of Jonah, by Daniel Timmer (IVP).  He begins, The book of Jonah is often known for the famous story of Jonah and the great fish, but Daniel Timmer [...]

By Matthew Barrett Lit! A Christian Guide to Reading Books. By Tony Reinke. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2011. If I had to choose a handful of books that I would classify as some of the most helpful resources for 2011, Tony Reinke’s Lit! would be on that list. I do not say this lightly. I am [...]

By Tim Raymond In my first article in this 3-part miniseries, I briefly warned those with formal theological training of the dangers of preaching to normal people as if they were seminarians.  It is possible to so breathe academic air that we come to the point where we can’t imagine any true Christian not being [...]

We are pleased to release an interview with Owen Strachan, co-author of The Essential Edwards Collection: Set of 5 Books, on the monumental figure, Jonathan Edwards, perhaps the greatest theologian-philosopher in American history. In Part 1 of this interview Owen introduces us to the life and thought of Edwards, his Puritan heritage, as well as [...]

By Fred Zaspel The Significance of Warfield The doctrine of the inerrancy of Scripture is so closely linked to the name of Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield (1851-1921) that they sometimes seem nearly synonymous. This is not because Warfield originated the doctrine, of course, although some have mistakenly charged him with that. Inerrancy and Warfield belong together, [...]