Archive for August 2014
Credo’s Cache
Each week we will be highlighting important resources. Check back each Friday to see what we have dug up for you. From this week’s cache: 1. Christians Can Be Terrible – You Should Know This Going In: By Derek Rishmawy – Rishmawy says: “Remember where you came from. You weren’t on the spiritual a-team either. You’re still not. And…
Read MoreBarrett’s Book Notes: Calvin, Schaeffer, and Barth! Oh my!
Michael Horton. Calvin on the Christian Life: Glorifying and Enjoying God Forever. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2014. There are few theologians I would rather read write about Calvin than Michael Horton who is himself a sort of Calvin for the twenty-first century. In his new book, Horton puts Calvin’s theology together in a fresh way. Here…
Read MoreHow to Hear Sermons (Matthew Barrett)
Each year countless books hit the shelves on how to preach a sermon. Everyone wants to know what it takes to preach a great message or how to become a spectacular speaker. But let’s face it, when was the last time you saw a book on how to hear a sermon? My guess…never! We tend…
Read MoreAn Evangelical reflects on Patrick of Ireland (Michael A.G. Haykin )
We are pleased to announce the release of a new book by one of the main contributors to Credo Magazine, Michael A.G. Haykin. Haykin has been writing and teaching for years on the historical figure (as opposed to the myth) of St. Patrick. Finally, his book on Patrick is out and is called, Patrick of…
Read MoreSunday’s Sermon (Schreiner, Barrett, Zaspel)
Three of Credo Magazine’s main contributors include Thomas Schreiner, Fred Zaspel, and Matthew Barrett. Each of them are professors, but they are also pastors. So each Monday morning we will be highlighting their “Sunday’s Sermon” on the blog to provide you with encouragement throughout the week and an opportunity to study God’s Word.
Read MoreExtraordinary Prayers of God’s People
Reading through Ephesians recently, I am reminded and exhorted to pray with Paul to know God, experience His power, and understand that we are His people (1:15-19). Later in the book, Paul prays that the saints would be strengthened with the Holy Spirit, and that they would comprehend the vastness of God’s love for us…
Read MoreCredo’s Cache
Each week we will be highlighting important resources. Check back each Friday to see what we have dug up for you. From this week’s cache: 1. Three Deaths Every Seminarian Must Face: By Joe Novenson – Novenson says: “During your seminary years, you must learn to embrace the deaths to which Jesus calls us in order to escape the deaths about…
Read MoreGod’s anointed barnstormer: Lee Gatiss explains the holy violence of Whitefield’s preaching
In the new issue of Credo Magazine, “George Whitefield at 300,” Matthew Barrett, executive editor of Credo Magazine, interviewed Lee Gatiss in an interview titled, “God’s anointed barnstormer: Lee Gatiss explains the holy violence of Whitefield’s preaching.” Gatiss is the Director of Church Society, an Anglican Evangelical ministry based in the UK, and Adjunct Lecturer…
Read MoreThe Justified Life: George Whitefield’s Preaching on Justification by Faith Alone (Michael A.G. Haykin)
In the new issue of Credo Magazine, “George Whitefield at 300,” Michael A.G. Haykin has contributed an article titled, “The Justified Life: George Whitefield’s Preaching on Justification by Faith Alone.” Haykin is Professor of Church History and Biblical Spirituality at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. His most recent book is Rediscovering the Church Fathers: Who…
Read MorePreaching Through Mental Fog (Timothy Raymond)
So it happened again last Sunday. I wound up preaching while in a mental fog. I don’t understand all the reasons for it – perhaps it was messed up sleep patterns or maybe too much jalapeno beef jerky the night before – but probably 3 or 4 times a year I wake up early Sunday…
Read MoreGod is the Substance
Below is a well known quote by the great theologian, Jonathan Edwards, but it bears repeating. We are in daily need of being reminded of the greatness of who God is. We know that every good and perfect gift comes from above, from the Father of lights (James 1:17), but we must also recognize that…
Read MoreSunday’s Sermon (Schreiner, Barrett, Zaspel)
Three of Credo Magazine’s main contributors include Thomas Schreiner, Fred Zaspel, and Matthew Barrett. Each of them are professors, but they are also pastors. So each Monday morning we will be highlighting their “Sunday’s Sermon” on the blog to provide you with encouragement throughout the week and an opportunity to study God’s Word.
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