Wokeness and the Church

Credo 06 Jul 2026 The theme that the editors of the Methodist Message have assigned for this issue, “The Sphere of the Church”, provides an opportunity to discuss a phenomenon that is becoming more pervasive in evangelical churches in the United States,...

Old Testament and Tanach: Naming and Theology

Credo 15 June 2026 Naming is a powerful act. To assign a label to a concept is to shape how it is perceived.  A name is hardly just a label; its linguistic associations influence how people think and behave. This principle extends to the naming of the biblical canon....

Whatever happened to sin?

Credo 01 Jun 2026 It is said that the birth of the modern and postmodern era has resulted in the demise of many concepts and ideals that were once cherished. While this phenomenon is witnessed in many aspects of culture, it is arguably most discernible in the realm of...

Bonhoeffer On Spiritual Community

Credo 18 May 2026 Spiritual community is an essential component of the Christian life. Few have articulated their thoughts on this subject as incisively as Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and here we will consider some of his reflections in Life Together, his treatise on...

More Than Human

Credo 04 May 2026 In a secular (and some might add post-Christian) culture, where the Christian vision of the future has been set aside, various imagined futures have emerged, drawing their inspiration from a scientific ethos. One familiar example is the vision of a...

Christological Origins of Paul’s Gospel

Credo 20 Apr 2026 I. Doubts About the Authenticity of Paul’s Teachings A common objection raised by critics of Christianity is that the apostle Paul distorted the teachings of Jesus and the apostles of the early Jewish-Christian community by importing ideas from the...