Interview by Matthew Claridge– Today, Credo is pleased to introduce Ian J. Shaw and his new book entitled Churches, Revolutions, and Empires (1789-1914). Dr. Shaw is currently the Director of the Langham Scholarship programme in the UK. As one can see from the tile and the time span covered, Dr. Shaw has assumed the daunting [...]

Interview by Matthew Claridge– The prophets of the OT have their high vistas of stunning clarity from which we can survey the entire horizon of the canon past and present. Isaiah 53, Ezekiel 36, Daniel 2 and several others could come to mind as mountain top experiences. But between those peaks are vast swaths of [...]

Interview by Matthew Claridge– Anyone acquainted with the work of William J. Webb is fully aware that the discipline of hermeneutics is both indispensable and quite complicated. It’s all to easy to fall into the trap that interpretation is simply reading an author’s intent off the page. But as Webb’s work has demonstrated afresh for [...]

Interview by Matthew Claridge—   Individual book commentaries will continue to be a mainstay of the pastor’s library. Yet because such commentaries are exactly that, commentaries on individual books of the Bible, the further step of integrating their distinct melody line into the chorus of redemption history is a difficult one for many to take. [...]

Interview by Matthew Claridge– Gregg Allison, Professor of Christian Theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, has written the newest contribution to Crossway’s Foundations of Evangelical Theology series. Allison’s volume on ecclesiology is titled, Sojourners and Strangers: The Doctrine of the Church. We are very pleased to interview Allison’s on this significant contribution which not [...]

Reformation Day is almost upon us. Today, tomorrow, and Wednesday we will focus each blog post around Reformation history. Today on Credo we welcome Herman Selderhuis. Selderhuis is professor of Church History at the Theological University Apeldoorn (the Netherlands) and director of Refo500, the international platform of institutions and activities related to the jubilee of the [...]

Interview by Matthew Claridge– Many things come to mind when thinking about the Old Testament. “Missions” is not typically the first on the list. In fact, “missions-mindedness” is often made one of the points of difference between the New and the Old Testament. We’ve all likely heard things like the following: “The OT is nationalistic; [...]

Interview by Matthew Claridge–   After the longest quotation of any Old Testament passage within the New Testament, the author of Hebrews concludes with this definitive statement on the significance of the New Covenant: “where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin” (Heb. 10:18). Apart from a full and [...]

Interview by Matthew Claridge– If you are a close follower of the Credo blog, you will notice a regular feature we cover is the “NT use of the OT.” Through Ardel Caneday’s tremendous series of posts, we are learning that this is not a niche area of NT studies but something that permeates and ultimately [...]

Interview by Matthew Claridge–   The Counterpoint series by Zondervan continues to be a helpful one-stop-shop for sorting out various theological positions. Our own Dr. Thomas Schreiner has recently contributed to the volume Four Views on the Apostle Paul. While Schreiner argues for a Reformed view, Luke Timothy Johnson argues for the Catholic view, Douglas [...]

Over at The Gospel Coalition, Matt Smethurst has posted an interview entitled “The Consequences of Calvinism” with Matthew Barrett and Thomas Nettles on their new book, Whomever He Wills: A Surprising Display of Sovereign Mercy. Thanks to TGC, we are able to also make this interview available here: ****************************** Two years ago a group of Baptist [...]

Matt Smethurst over at The Gospel Coalition has interviewed Stephen Wellum and Peter Gentry on their new book, Kingdom through Covenant: A Biblical-Theological Understanding of the Covenants. You can read the interview here. Also, if you want to learn more about Progressive Covenantalism you can read part 1 (with Wellum) and part 2 (with Gentry) [...]

Interview by Timothy Raymond– In the new issue of Credo Magazine, “Old Princeton,” I had the pleasure of talking with Brian Croft, Senior Pastor of Auburndale Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky.  He is the husband of Cara and adoring father of four children, son, Samuel and daughters, Abby, Isabelle, and Claire.  He has served in [...]

Interview by Matthew Claridge– Today we are pleased to have join us Michael Reeves, theological adviser for Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship (UCCF), a charity supporting evangelism in higher education throughout the United Kingdom. Michael has written a new book entitled, Delighting in the Trinity: An Introduction to the Christian Faith (InterVarsity Press). Tell us [...]

In the most recent issue of Credo Magazine, “Old Princeton,” we have our usual exciting pieces: From the Horse’s Mouth and From a Scale of 1 to 10. In From the Horse’s Mouth we asked: What Old Princeton theologian has been the most influential in shaping Reformed theology today? Those who responded included: Carl Trueman, [...]

In the new issue of Credo Magazine, “Old Princeton,” you will not want to miss three different interviews: 10 Questions with Brian Croft Recovering Old Princeton Today, with Paul Kjoss Helseth 5 Minutes with Mark Dever Read these interviews today! Open publication – Free publishing To view the Magazine as a PDF Each of us [...]

Greg Beale, professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, was interviewed recently by Towers’ editor Josh Hayes on his new book, A New Testament Biblical Theology: The Unfolding of the Old Testament in the New. (By the way, you can order Beale massive volume here for %40 off!) We [...]

Interview by Matthew Claridge– The New Studies in Biblical Theology (NSBT) continues to churn out exceptional and accessible volumes demonstrating what it means to “read the Bible on its own terms.” Thanks to the careful and trustworthy editorship of D.A. Carson, it is nearly impossible to go wrong when picking up the latest addition to [...]

Tabletalk has interviewed Tom Ascol and it is a good one (no surprise there!). Ascol is pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Cape Coral, Fla., and executive director of Founders Ministries. In this interview, Ascol discusses his call to the ministry, how Founders Ministry serves the church, the Calvinistic roots of Southern Baptists, Reformed theology [...]

EDITOR’S NOTE: In light of the recent Together for the Gospel conference, April 10-12, Ligon Duncan, senior pastor at First Presbyterian Church Jackson, Miss., and Josh Harris, senior pastor of Covenant Life Church Gaithersburg, Md., talked with “Towers” editor Aaron Cline Hanbury about honoring ecclesiological distinctive while maintaining gospel unity. What does it mean to [...]