ENCORE: Sealed with Blood: Missions, Confessions, and Keeping the Faith
What’s the value of a confession of faith? Here’s a historical case study.
ENCORE: Is Nicaea Enough? Protestant Reflections on the Nicene Creed and the Importance of Evangelical Theology
The Nicene Creed clearly expresses an orthodox view of the Trinity and the person of Christ, but is it alone a sufficient guide to sound doctrine?
March Intermission: From Creeds and Confession to the Cross and Resurrection
The historical claim that “Christ is risen” proclaims on one hand the victorious resurrection of our lord, while on the other hand is proclaims the defeat of every world system that would oppose this Christ. As we transition from considering Creeds and confessions in March to the cross and empty tomb in April, courage is needed.
Is Roman Catholicism a Creedal Faith?
Does reciting a creed make a church creedal? It depends on what they think the creed means.
3.15 Tom J. Nettles, David Schrock, Stephen Wellum • Interview • “The Good Confession: Why Southern Baptists Would Do Well to Embrace Their Confession”
Listen in as Tom Nettles joins David Schrock and Stephen Wellum to discuss his longform essay “The Good Confession: Why Southern Baptists Would Do Well to Embrace Their Confession.”
Combatting Self-Salvation: An Insight into the Early Creeds
When theological questions regarding the trinity and the deity of Christ arose in the early church, they responded with written creeds, and it was these statements of orthodoxy which guarded the gospel of grace.
Four Vital Areas of Doctrine for Clear Christian Confession
A faithful confession requires clarity in at least four areas: historic biblical orthodoxy, soteriology, the necessity of confessing, and ecclesiology. To remove any of these foundational blocks risks toppling the tower.
Excerpt From Carl Trueman’s Crisis of Confidence
Carl Trueman helps us to understand how our age of expressive individualism defies confessionalism in hopes that we might recover a worldview friendly to such ideas.
3.13 Carl Trueman, David Schrock, Stephen Wellum • Interview • “Creeds and Confessions”
Listen in as Carl Trueman joins David Schrock and Stephen Wellum to discuss the importance of creeds and confessions in the church.
3.12 Tom J. Nettles • Reading • “The Good Confession: Why Southern Baptists Would Do Well to Embrace Their Confession”
Why should Southern Baptists embrace their confession? Here are four good reasons.
The Good Confession: Why Southern Baptists Would Do Well to Embrace Their Confession
Why should Southern Baptists embrace their confession? Here are four good reasons.
“The Power and Duty of An Association” (1749): What an Old Treatise Can Teach Today’s Baptists
In his 18th-century treatise, pastor Benjamin Griffith gives a timely lesson for Baptists today on cooperation and disfellowship.
