I Have No Creeds!??! (Trueman)

 (This is a re-post from January, 2016) I recently heard an evangelical praise and worship song that had the following lines in it: "Lord, you've caused the blind to see / We have blinded them again / With our man-made laws and creeds...."  Aside from the fact that "see" doesn't exactly rhyme with "creeds," there's …

Evangelicalism’s Popes (Lints)

(This is a re-blog from December 2015) I always think it's ironic and comical when a Christian mocks or discredits creeds and confessions and then turns around to favorably and frequently quote popular evangelical leaders on social media. While social media is relatively new, this anti-confessional and pro-popular leader mindset are not new. It was …

Creeds, Confessions, & Catechisms: A Reader’s Edition (Short Review)

Here's a new publication for Protestant Christians who appreciate and utilize confessions: Creeds, Confessions, & Catechisms: A Reader's Edition. It's a hardcover that contains thirteen creeds, Reformed catechisms, and Protestant confessions. Specifically, it has the Apostles', Nicene, and Athanasian creeds. It also has the Chalcedonian Definition. As for confessions, it has the Augsburg (Lutheran), Belgic …

The Popes of Evangelicalism (Lints)

(This is a re-post from December, 2015) I always think it’s ironic and comical when a Christian mocks or discredits creeds and confessions then turns around to favorably quote popular evangelical leaders on social media. While social media is new, this anti-confessional and pro-popular leader mindset is not new. It was a central characteristic of …

No Creeds! (Except What Celebrity Preacher Says)

  “The study of the religious convictions of self-taught Americans in the early years of the republic reveals how much weight was placed on private judgment and how little on the roles of history, theology, and the collective will of the church.” So writes Nathan Hatch in his assessment of American religion in his excellent …