The Paradox of Discipleship

June 2018 Credo Luke 14:25-35 An Odd Conclusion … Sandwiched between two parables (the Parable of the Great Banquet, 14:15-24, and the Parable of the Lost Sheep, 15:1-7) in Luke 14-15 is a passage on the requirements of discipleship (14:25-35).  Within this passage,...

Theological Liberalism as Heresy

June 2018 Credo Reader’s Question: What is your assessment of liberal theology? The roots of modern liberal theology can be traced to the great intellectual and cultural movement in 18th century Europe called the Enlightenment. Although the Enlightenment is a complex...

Worship and Witness

April 2018 Pulse In his first epistle to the Christians of the disapora scattered throughout Asia Minor, the apostle Peter used vivid and powerful imagery drawn from the Old Testament to describe the Church. “You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a...

Formulaic Christianity

May 2017 Credo An Amusing Incident in Acts 19 Acts 19:11-20 recounts a somewhat amusing incident which took place in the city of Ephesus in the first century. By God’s grace, the apostle Paul had a powerful ministry in this place, one which involved amazing miracles....