A Fitting Salvation

July 2018 Credo ‘10 In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering’ (Hebrews 2:10, NIV 1984) The writer to the Hebrews uses a unique word —...

Faithful Presence

December 2017 Credo Reader’s Question: How can I be a faithful witness for Christ to my sceptical friends and colleagues? In 1 Peter 2:9, we have one of the most remarkable descriptions of the Church in the New Testament. Writing to Christians who were dispersed in...

Bonhoeffer and Discipleship

November 2017 Pulse “Christianity without the living Christ is inevitably Christianity without discipleship, and Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ.” These words eloquently summarise the central message of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s...

Repentance and Forgiveness

September 2017 Credo Reader’s Question: Does the Bible teach that Christians should forgive the unrepentant? Christians are commanded to forgive because they worship the God who forgives. In Matthew 6:15, we read: ‘… if you do not forgive others their trespasses,...