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. What to Say to Church Members Leaving for Bad Reasons: By Jonathan Leeman– Leeman says: “So how should you respond to a fellow member who is leaving for what sounds like a bad reason? This question raises a number of tough theological issues, such as how far the authority of the church extends, or how much weight should be given to cultural preferences.”

2. ‘Mindfulness’ or the Mind of Christ: By Joseph Boot – Boot notes: “The cure for our anxiety, fears and evil desires is not the cessation of self, where man deludes himself into thinking he can escape God, creation and his own life. The cure is in facing ourselves and our sins, and by repentance and faith being reconciled to God.”

3. The Deconstructed Gospel: By Jonathan Romig – Romig says: “The gospel is the good news that Jesus lived a perfect life, died an innocent death, rose again so that we may spend eternity with him, and now credits us with his holy record so that we may enjoy a guilt-free life today.”

4. Theological Extremism in a Secular Age: By Albert Mohler – Mohler says: “We are living in a world growing more dangerous by the day. That world — the real world — is a world of clashing ideologies and conflicting worldviews. The real world is also a world in which theology always matters, and a world in which an empty secular worldview is no match for an Islamic theology set on conquest and driven by revenge.”

5. Are You Willing to Doubt Your Doubts?: By J.D. Greear – Greear says: “The problem is never the specific doubts. God is big enough for every doubt and every question we have. The problem is the proud and self-centered heart behind the doubts. So if you find yourself doubting, be willing to doubt with faith.”

Matt Manry is the Assistant Pastor at Life Bible Church in Canton, Georgia. He is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Religion at Reformed Theological Seminary and a Masters of Arts in Christian and Classical Studies from Knox Theological Seminary.