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...

Creation? Evolution? Or Both?

Credo 17 June 2024 Many people think that evolution and Biblical creationism are incompatible. Others do not think so. Old Testament scholar John Collins explains that Genesis 1:1 can be understood as describing the initial bringing into existence of the cosmos, verse...

Every member in ministry

Credo 3 June 2024 “… so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them…” (Rom 12: 5-6) One of the many problems that have arisen in some...

On Promethean Shame and the Gift of Creatureliness

Credo 20 May 2024 In Greek mythology, Prometheus is a Titan god, a potter, who created the first man and woman out of clay. He is also believed to have been the one who stole fire from Zeus to give to man, thereby enabling him to fashion tools.[1] The German...