Orthodoxy and the Rule of Faith in Early Christianity

16 September 2024 Credo There was no set of core beliefs which gained universal acceptance in the early church. In the absence of doctrinal consensus the different sects of Christianity competed with one another for influence. This audacious claim of Bart Ehrman is...

New Age seductions

Credo 2 September 2024 According to a study conducted by the Pew Research Centre, roughly six in ten American adults who self-identify as Christian hold at least one New Age belief, which includes a belief in reincarnation, astrology, psychics and the presence of...

Contract or Covenant?

Credo 5 August 2024 Since the sexual revolution, which burst onto the scene in Western societies during the 1960s, the traditional understanding of marriage has fallen out of favour and many alternatives have been proffered. One of these alternatives is cohabitation...

The Spirituality of Tithing

Credo 15 July 2024 Whenever I teach seminary courses, I have an “ask-me-anything” policy to promote student learning. Some years back, when I taught a course on hermeneutics (i.e., how to read the Bible) in a local seminary, many in my class took me up on my offer and...