Credo Podcast
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Inseparable Operations: Good News for Salvation? Matthew Barrett and Adonis Vidu
The external works of the Trinity are undivided. Until recently, this statement was an uncontroversial affirmation of the doctrine of inseparable operations. In fact, for nearly two millennia, inseparable operations… Download Audio
What made Calvin a theologian and a pastor? Matthew Barrett and Bruce Gordon
John Calvin was an influential figure of the Reformation, but have you ever considered some of the events, enemies, friendships, relationships, and influences that shaped Calvin, as well as monumental… Download Audio
What Does Plato have to do with Jesus? Matthew Barrett and Louis Markos
It’s all in Plato, all in Plato: Bless me, what do they teach them at these schools? ― C. S. Lewis, The Last Battle If you are doing theology, you are… Download Audio
What does Jesus have to do with Frankenstein? Matthew Barrett and Karen Swallow Prior
“I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel…” ― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Can regular encounters with the Great Books shape us in ways that mere… Download Audio
Can the past help us live less anxiously in the present? Matthew Barrett and Alan Jacobs
The tyranny of the present is a cruel evil. For many, the routine to-do’s and the barrage of breaking news renders us numb to anything outside our immediate field of… Download Audio
Nietzsche, Freud, and the Politics of Sex: Carl R. Trueman and Matthew Barrett
There’s been a drastic shift in the understanding of the self over the last 200 years. We now tend to think of ourselves as unencumbered, expressive individuals who are most… Download Audio
Can Thomas Aquinas save us from (post)modernism? Peter Kreeft and Matthew Barrett
Why does contemporary theology display a historical amnesia towards medieval philosophy? Medieval philosophy is sometimes neglected altogether and where medieval philosophy is discussed today, it is often misunderstood or caricatured… Download Audio
Where is God’s Goodness in a Hell-bent World? Christopher Holmes and Matthew Barrett
You are good and do good; teach me your statutes (Psalm 119:68). When we read, sing, and meditate on the Psalms, we are confronted with an abundance of references to… Download Audio
Why Do Christians Need Natural Theology? Steven Duby and Matthew Barrett
The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork (Psalm 119:1). With this reverberating tribute to God’s design, we learn that David, a man who had… Download Audio
Is God really the Perfect Being? Katherin Rogers and Matthew Barrett
In his Proslogion, Anselm famously contemplated God as “someone than whom none greater can be conceived.” If mere human beings, in their limited capacities, could think of something greater than God,… Download Audio
What is the Reformed View of Free Will?
Debates over free will typically occupy Calvinists and Arminians. But did you know that even within the Reformed camp there has been recent debate over how to define free will?… Download Audio
Can We Have Communion with the Trinity? Kelly Kapic and Matthew Barrett
This is a series of conversations between major theologians and Matthew Barrett on the doctrine of the Trinity based on his new book, Simply Trinity: The Unmanipulated Father, Son, and… Download Audio
Does the Trinity work inseparably? Ryan Hurd and Matthew Barrett
This is a series of conversations between major theologians and Matthew Barrett on the doctrine of the Trinity based on his new book, Simply Trinity: The Unmanipulated Father, Son, and Spirit (Baker,… Download Audio