Credo Podcast

Michael Bird and Matthew Barrett both used to be Baptists. Then their understanding of baptism changed. Why? In different ways they both realized that the scriptures, Old and New Testament alike, describe covenant inclusion as a corporate rather than an individualistic event. From Noah’s ark to the crossing of the Red Sea to the household… Download Audio

One of today’s leading theologians in matters of Christology is Dominic Legge, O.P. His book The Trinitarian Christology of St. Thomas Aquinas (Oxford University Press, 2017) is a penetrating look at the contribution Aquinas makes to a biblical and creedal understanding the incarnation. He raises the question, did Jesus see God? Did he experience the… Download Audio

Garrigou-Lagrange is one of the most important theologians of the last century. He had that rare gift of illuminating Thomism for a modern world. Or we could say, to steal from the title of one of his own books, that Garrigou-Lagrange moved past all the confusion left behind by modernism and used common sense to… Download Audio

Is supernatural theology an art or a science? The way some do theology today you would think theology is an art, as if its principles originate from our own mind only to be projected outward in self-expression. Perhaps this is why theology has become subjective, like a wax nose, twisted this way or that depending… Download Audio

When Matthew Barrett left the SBC to become Anglican, one of the major reasons why was the SBC’s rejection of the Nicene Creed’s inclusion in the Baptist Faith and Message, resulting in a dangerous lack of creedal accountability. In this new episode of the Credo podcast, Matthew Barrett shares why Anglicanism becomes so life-giving with… Download Audio

When was the last time you heard of a member of a baptistic Christian commune becoming an Anglican priest? On this episode of Credo podcast, Dr. Gerald McDermott, author of Deep Anglicanism: A Brief Guide, an Anglican priest, sits down with Matthew Barrett to discuss his theological journey and why his views on polity and… Download Audio

Philosopher theologian, Paul Helm, recently died and is now with our Lord. You can read Matthew Barrett’s reflection on the life and legacy of you Helm here. Listen to Paul’s wisdom on this old episode of the Credo podcast: Are philosophy and theology antithetical or compatible? What is the proper relationship between faith and reason?… Download Audio

Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the life.” And then he raised Lazarus from the dead. What does John 11 tell us about God and his governance of history? Matthew Barrett and Thomas Weinandy sit down together and ask how John 11 informs our understanding of classical theology. Thomas Weinandy has written a series… Download Audio

In this episode of Credo podcast, Matthew Barrett and Rev. Greg Peters continue their conversation about Anglican distinctives, captured in Greg’s new book, Anglican Spirituality: An Introduction. Barrett and Peters focus in on the Eucharist, or Holy Communion, and why it truly is a means of grace, making it a true sacrament. For Peters, the… Download Audio

What happens when a Baptist theologian is confronted with the beauty of Anglicanism? Matthew Barrett, with this episode’s guest Greg Peters, discusses his recent move from the SBC to Anglicanism and describes Anglican’s beautiful, participatory, traditional and scripture-filled liturgy. Rev. Peters, priest and professor at Biola University and Nashotah House Theological Seminary, connects Barrett’s experience… Download Audio