A Guide to Examining the Way We Believe So That What We Believe Will be Secure (Warning: Santa Clause spoiler forthcoming) I have to admit it. While growing up, Santa Clause...

Anatomy of Belief (6): Rational Conviction

A Guide to Examining the Way We Believe So That What We Believe Will be Secure I have done some irrational things in my life. There are way too many things to count. However,...

The Anatomy of Belief (5): Referred Conviction

A Guide to Examining the Way We Believe So That What We Believe Will be Secure There are so many things that I don’t know about. Yes, I have a master’s degree in...

The Anatomy of Belief (4): Complexities of Conviction

A Guide to Examining the Way We Believe So That What We Believe Will be Secure I often tell people that when they are speaking there are a few ways to become more...

The Anatomy of Belief (3): Belief Without Conviction

A Guide to Examining the Way We Believe So That What We Believe Will be Secure I remember being out one night with a friend in Arizona. I was 20-years-old. My friend and I...

The Anatomy of Belief (2): Belief Without Content

A Guide to Examining the Way We Believe So That What We Believe Will be Secure A bit over a decade ago, Evangelical pollster and sociologist George Barna concluded, based on...

The Anatomy of Belief (1)

A Guide to Examining the Way We Believe So That What We Believe Will be Secure The motto here at the Credo House is, “Helping people to believe more accurately and more...

Is Expositional Preaching Really Enough?

I love to preach. Arguably, I love to preach more than I love to teach. Yes, there is a difference. But I am getting ahead of myself . . . I graduated from Dallas Theological...

Is the New Atheism Really Affecting People’s Belief in God?

As of 2005, according to a Cambridge study, 88 percent of the world’s population believes in God. This is down from around 90 percent in 2000. Ninety-five percent of...

My Biggest Gripe with Word/Faith Theology

For those that don’t know, I was at one time an adherent of Word/Faith theology. I considered it to be a legitimate representation of the Bible’s prescription for...

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