Credo Podcast
by Matthew Barrett
At its core, Credo Magazine strives to be centered on the gospel, confessing the substitutionary death and historical resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ for the salvation of sinners. In doing so, Credo Magazine not only draws upon the historic creeds and confessions of the faith, but especially the great pillars of the Reformation: sola scriptura, solus Christus, sola gratia, sola fide, and soli Deo gloria. Our desire is to see biblically-grounded, Christ-exalting reformation and transformation in the church today.
Episodes
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Men Without Chests: Lecture with Dr. Bryan Hollon
C.S. Lewis warned that modern life and education were making “men without chests” who lacked ordered desire and rightly formed love. In this lecture delivered at Saint Aidan’s Anglican Church, Dr. Bryan Hollon, president of Trinity Anglican Seminary, uses the Book of Common Prayer to explain how…
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Thomas Aquinas on Virtue and the Good Life with Fr. Cajetan Cuddy
What does it mean to live in a way that is holy? Too often, modern theologians elevate doctrine without elevating moral living, even though true theology cannot be elevated without also elevating virtue. In this episode, Dr. Matthew Barrett sits down with Fr. Cajetan Cuddy, OP, to explore Thomas...
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The Holy Spirit and the Incarnation
Matthew Barrett sits down with Fr. Dominic Legge to explore Christ’s relationship to the Holy Spirit. Together, they discuss Thomas Aquinas’s understanding of Christ’s incarnation as anointed and empowered by the Holy Spirit, elevated by grace while remaining fully human. During the conversation,...
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On the Heidelberg Catechism with Scott Clark
In this episode of the Credo Podcast, Dr. Scott Clark, president of the Heidelberg Reformation Association, joins Matthew Barrett for a discussion about the Heidelberg Catechism and Clark’s new book, The Heidelberg Catechism: A Historical, Theological, and Pastoral Commentary. In this…
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Sinners at the Banquet Table – Eucharist Homily at Trinity Anglican Seminary
Who does Jesus call? When Jesus calls Matthew, he finds him in the tax collector booth, considered by all a sinner and a traitor to his people. And yet Matthew is the very one Jesus shows mercy to and kindness upon kindness. In this Eucharist homily preached at Trinity Anglican Seminary, Matthew...
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Blaise Pascal on the Modern World
In this episode of the Credo Podcast, Dr. Graham Tomlin, President of St Mellitus College(opens in new tab), joins Matthew Barrett for a discussion about Blaise Pascal and Tomlin’s new book Blaise Pascal: The Man Who Made the Modern World(opens in new tab). In this conversation, Tomlin argues…
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On the Priesthood
In this episode of the Credo Podcast, Dr. Graham Tomlin, President of St Mellitus College, joins Matthew Barrett for an in-depth discussion on the priesthood. Christ is our great High Priest, and the task of every individual priest is to remind the church over and over again of Jesus so that the...
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What is Prudence?
Matthew Barrett sits down with Dominican friar Fr. Gregory Pine to explore the meaning of prudence. Together, they discuss Thomas Aquinas’s understanding of prudence as “right reason in things to be done” or the virtue that takes counsel, makes judgments, and ultimately commands. During the...
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What is Moral Theology?
Matthew Barrett sits down with Dominican friar Fr. Gregory Pine to explore how virtue and happiness go hand in hand. Virtue is not some kind of dreadful obligation or duty. Instead, virtue facilitates happiness because it forms the soul to love the good until choosing good becomes natural and…
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Q&A with Jordan C. Cooper, Michael Allen, and Todd Billings (Credo Conference 2026)
In this Credo Conference Q&A, Jordan C. Cooper, Michael Allen, and Todd Billings discuss the beatific vision, union with Christ, being seen by God, and the need for Christian asceticism in the modern world. Together, they show that the Christian hope in the beatific vision is not an abstract...
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Q&A with Gavin Ortlund, Matthew Barrett, and Louis Markos (Credo Conference 2026)
In this Credo Conference Q&A, Gavin Ortlund, Matthew Barrett, and Louis Markos discuss the beatific vision, the Christian use of pagan philosophy, the relationship between Scripture and nature, and how God could appoint the suffering of the cross as the path to true happiness. Together, they show...
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Louis Markos: Seeking the Face of God (Credo Conference 2026)
Seeking wisdom is seeking the face of God. But what is the summit of wisdom, and how can we ascend to a knowledge of reality in our Enlightenment-shaped world? From philosopher-kings to the Middle Ages, in his Credo conference message, Louis Markos takes us from Plato and Aristotle through Dante...
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Michael Allen: The Lamb is All the Glory in the Immanuel’s Land (Credo Conference 2026)
Our understanding of eschatology is a bellwether of the state of our souls. If we look forward to all the things Christ can give us and not to Christ himself, we have a Christ big enough to deliver all the goods we long for but not so beautiful as to be the good for which… Download Audio
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Jordan Cooper: The Beatific Vision as participation in Divine Love (Credo Conference 2026)
If the beatific vision is the mind’s eye seeing the divine essence, then what does the beatific vision have to do with love? Could it be that the beatific vision is nothing less than a participation in the love of God? In this Credo conference message, Jordan Cooper explores what participation in...
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Seminary should be sacramental: Bryan Hollon
Sitting in a classroom and going to chapel in the middle of the week is not seminary but a Bible study, says president Bryan Hollon. If we are theologically forming future priests, then seminary must cultivate a “participation” in Christ. Seminary, in other words, must be sacramental. Matthew...
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Todd Billings: “Beholding and Being Beheld: Beatific Hope and Suffering” – Credo Conference 2026
Suffering, so it would seem, appears contrary to our ascent to God, as if a barrier to the Beatific Vision. However, in scripture God ordains suffering as the path by which we will reach full maturity and one day see God. In his Credo conference message, J. Todd Billings shares his own story, his...
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Matthew Barrett: Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God – Credo Conference
Jesus says, “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” In this Credo Conference message, Matthew Barrett builds up to Jesus’ words by first asking why God must be simple for the beatific vision to be the source of our happiness in God. He also explains why our natural powers are...
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Gavin Ortlund: What is the Beatific Vision and Why Does it Matter? Credo Conference 2026
The apostle Paul said that the beatific vision is the Christian’s blessed hope, and the Great Tradition believed the Christian’s greatest happiness will be experienced when we one day see God. So why is it then that the beatific vision is rarely talked about in the life of the church today? The...
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What are divine ideas?
God has in his mind ideas of the things he makes. He is the grand architect. Did you know that some of these ideas in the mind of God can also be exemplar causes of the very things he chooses to make? A Thomist with a bow tie, Gregory Doolan, sits down with Matthew Barrett… Download Audio
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Does Jesus have a human mind?
The heresy of Apollinarianism has made a comeback today. But if Christ does not assume a human mind, how can he heal our human mind? New video between Dominic Legge, O.P., president of Dominican House of Studies, and Matthew Barrett, Research Professor at Trinity Anglican Seminary, is now out!…
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Why I became Anglican: The Sacrament of Infant Baptism
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…
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Did Jesus experience the beatific vision? Dominic Legge, OP and Matthew Barrett
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...
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Why Garrigou-Lagrange matters now
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...
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Theology is not an art but a science: Cuddy and Barrett
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…
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The Nicene Creed in the Thirty-nine Articles
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…
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Episcopacy and the Succession of Bishops
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…
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What good is philosophy for theology? Remembering Paul Helm
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…
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I am the resurrection: Classical theology in John 11
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...
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Why I Became Anglican: Holy Eucharist
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…
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Why I Became Anglican: The Liturgy
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....
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John 17 and the Covenant of Redemption
How can detailed discussions about Trinitarian processions and missions move you to greater love of God and understanding of scripture? In this episode of Credo podcast, Dr. Harrison Perkins, author of Reformed Covenant Theology: A Systematic Introduction, joins Matthew Barrett for an in-depth...
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Literature in a Digital Apocalypse
Most of us recognize that modern culture overvalues utilitarian content that can be grasped quickly, but what can atone for this deficit of beauty? In this episode of Credo podcast, Matthew Barrett interviews Jason Baxter of Benedictine College on his new book, Why Literature Still Matters…
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Sacramental Theology in the Book of Common Prayer
Communion in the Book of Common Prayer is a movement of ascent, as the Lord lifts us up into the very presence of Christ. The English reformers recited the sursum corda, calling on the church to lift up their hearts. And yet they simultaneously saw communion as a “participation” in the body and...
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The Beauty of the Book of Common Prayer
To this day, the Book of Common Prayer has been unsurpassed. For five hundred years now its biblical beauty has penetrated the hearts of Christians. Some say the prayer book is simply scripture rearranged for worship. For this reason, the Anglican way of worship is immersed in scripture. But...
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Is Natural Theology in conflict with the Gospel? Credo Alliance
Scott Swain, Matthew Barrett, Fred Sanders, and JV Fesko team up in this second episode of the Credo Alliance to answer whether Natural Theology is consistent with the gospel. When considering God’s self-revelation, one must not exclude or ignore nature and the ways God reveals himself through…
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On Esteeming Natural Theology: Credo Alliance
Scott Swain, Matthew Barrett, Fred Sanders, and JV Fesko team up in this episode of the Credo Alliance to explain why Natural Theology matters, contrary to caricatures. In the last century theologians have objected to Natural Theology. But Natural Theology was taught by the Great Tradition and…
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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 authentic when we are able to act outwardly on those things that truly define us: our inner feelings and desires....
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Does the Incarnation Change God? Dominic Legge and Matthew Barrett
Oftentimes, theologians will approach the doctrine of Christology in an isolated way, rarely bringing the doctrine of the Trinity into the discussion. As a result, we have succumbed to many Christological heresies across the centuries and more recently entertained Kenotic Christology. The...
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How It All Started: Credo Colloquy with D. A. Carson and Matthew Barrett
In this episode of the Credo podcast, Dr. Matthew Barrett talks with D. A. Carson, emeritus professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and cofounder of The Gospel Coalition. Carson shares his inspiring story of how it all started, how he went from studying chemistry to...
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Why We Retrieve Thomas Aquinas: Barrett, Swain, Sanders, Fesko
You’ve most likely been told that Thomas Aquinas is off limits, a theologian who will corrupt Protestants and turn them into Roman Catholics. And yet, Protestant history tells a different story: many of our Protestant forefathers did not merely retrieve Aquinas but thought of him as part of the...
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Horton, Beale, Carter, and Barrett: Center for Classical Theology Q&A
After Michael Horton’s address, “If Reformed, then catholic: Revisiting Sola Scriptura” at the Center for Classical Theology, he was joined by G.K. Beale and Craig Carter for a time of Q&A led by Matthew Barrett. Horton’s lecture sought to locate Reformation principles in the patristic tradition,...
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The Beatific Vision and the Christian Life
What makes heaven, heaven? Whereas many evangelicals today might point to a number of things, including resurrected bodies, a resurrected cosmos, freedom from sin, and reunion with departed loved ones,… Download Audio
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If Reformed, then catholic: Revisiting Sola Scriptura
Was sola scriptura the invention of the Reformation? Or were Protestants retrieving the church’s view of scritpure, from the church fathers to the best of the medieval scholastics? At the 2024 Center for Classical Theology in San Diego, Michael Horton delivered a lecture answering these very...
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Reassessing Cornelius Van Til (Part 2): Sam Parkison with Keith Mathison
In this episode of the Credo Podcast, Sam Parkison and Keith Mathison continue their conversation on Mathison’s new book, Toward a Reformed Apologetics: A Critique of the Thought of Cornelius Van Til. They continue their talk by differentiating between Van Til’s presuppositional apologetics and...
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Reassessing Cornelius Van Til (Part 1): Sam Parkison with Keith Mathison
Who was Cornelius Van Til, and what is presuppositional apologetics? In this episode of the Credo Podcast, Samuel Parkison interviews Keith Mathison on his new book, Toward a Reformed Apologetics: A Critique of the Thought of Cornelius Van Til. They cover topics such as Van Til’s trinitarian...
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Is “Catholic Protestant” an oxymoron? Sam Parkison and Wyatt Graham
Is “Catholic Protestant” an oxymoron? What does Protestantism have to offer to a generation of Christians hungry for tradition and warm-hearted catholicity? In this episode, Sam Parkison interviews Wyatt Graham,… Download Audio
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Proclaiming the Triune God: Matthew Barrett, Sam Parkison, Ronni Kurtz, and Joseph Lanier
In this episode of the Credo Podcast, Sam Parkison joins with Matthew Barrett (Professor of Christian Theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary), Ronni Kurtz (Assistant Professor of Theology at Cedarville… Download Audio
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Divine Aseity and the Christian Life: Sam Parkison and Ronni Kurtz
In this episode of the Credo podcast, Dr. Sam Parkison and Dr. Ronni Kurtz continue their mini-series on classical theology. In this episode in particular, they discuss the classical doctrine… Download Audio
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Divine Immutability and the Christian Life: Sam Parkison and Ronni Kurtz
In this episode of the Credo podcast, Sam Parkison and Ronni Kurtz continue their mini-series on classical theology. In this episode in particular, they discuss the classical doctrine of divine… Download Audio
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Divine Simplicity and the Christian Life: Sam Parkison and Ronni Kurtz
In this episode of the Credo podcast, Dr. Sam Parkison and Dr. Ronni Kurtz continue their mini-series on classical theology. In this episode in particular, they discuss the classical doctrine… Download Audio
About this show
At its core, Credo Magazine strives to be centered on the gospel, confessing the substitutionary death and historical resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ for the salvation of sinners. In doing so, Credo Magazine not only draws upon the historic creeds and confessions of the faith, but especially the great pillars of the Reformation: sola scriptura, solus Christus, sola gratia, sola fide, and soli Deo gloria. Our desire is to see biblically-grounded, Christ-exalting reformation and transformation in the church today.
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