Coleman M. Ford, Ph.D.
@colemanford
Pastor | Author | Prof @SWBTS & @TXBaptCollege | Fellow @CenPasTheo | Assoc Fellow @RoyalHistSoc | Married @AlexandriaFord | A tad Socrates, a tad Miles Davis
.@colemanford and I wrote another book together. It will come out late summer 2025. The book is a little history, theology, scriptural exegesis, spirituality, and liturgy. Thanks to @BHAcademic for helping us along the way!
Author copies have arrived 📚 @shawnwilhite and I are excited to share this new project with you all this September. Thanks to @BHAcademic for making this work possible.

2025 is the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea held in AD 325, there is a lot to discover and celebrate. Here are some tasters! @ancientstristan @JeremyTreat5 @shawnwilhite open.substack.com/pub/michaelfbi…
For your consideration from @shawnwilhite 🧐
What can modern pastors learn from the church fathers? @shawnwilhite shares 3 things: 1. Respect for divine mystery 2. Priority of virtue 3. Culture of theology
I was glad to recommend and review @shawnwilhite and @colemanford's book over at @9Marks: 9marks.org/review/book-re…
An accurate depiction of how excited we are for @shawnwilhite and @colemanford upcoming book, Nicaea for Today. 🕺 💃🏻 🪩
We can confidently confess our belief that Jesus is “Very God of Very God, begotten, not made” and still find ourselves enraptured in awe of God’s being. The language of the Creed woos us into worship. - @colemanford credomag.com/2025/01/a-map-…
Happy New Year! 2025 is the anniversary of the Nicene Creed. So we're kicking off the New Year right with a new issue of Credo Magazine. Resolution: put Nicaea back in the church. credomag.com/magazine_issue… Contributions: @colemanford @rhyneputman @MattMBarrett @shawnwilhite…
Thanks to @CredoMagazine for the opportunity to write on why we need the Nicene Creed.
The Creed prompts us to marvel at True Wonder as we progressively encounter his beauty before reaching him in glory. - @colemanford Check out the latest issue of the Credo Magazine: credomag.com/magazine_issue…
Another surprise recognition for Ancient Wisdom for the Care of Souls! Thank you to @challies for the honor. @shawnwilhite and I are incredibly thankful. challies.com/resources/the-…
.@colemanford and @shawnwilhite's book "Ancient Wisdom for the Care of Souls" won Book of the Year in the @CredoMagazine Book Awards. credomag.com/2024/12/credo-…
Thank you to @CredoMagazine for this incredible award. @shawnwilhite and I are humbled to receive such an incredible honor. Our prayer is that it would continue encouraging weary and worn-out leaders to find refreshment in God through the wisdom of the Fathers.
Credo Magazine Book of the Year Winner: @colemanford & @shawnwilhite “Ancient Wisdom for the Care of Souls” with @crossway
Our (@colemanford) book won an award! We are grateful to see this and hope that it encourages some along the way. Thanks to @crossway editors and designers, and to mentors to us in this process. Coleman and I are grateful to share this with others.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 In her delightful book 𝘈 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦, Lina Bolzoni observes, “Reading was for Petrarch a passionate love…
"Ancient Wisdom for the Care of Souls" by @colemanford and @shawnwilhite has won the History and Biography category in the @TGC 2024 Book Awards. thegospelcoalition.org/article/tgc-bo…
It is deeply gratifying and humbling to see so many people thumbing through our book (@colemanford). Thank you to @crossway @CenterClassical and @MattMBarrett for sharing this book with others.
If you want to know more about the @Baylor_Press Patristic monograph series, please reach out to me, @sopresley, or any of the other editors. Several will be in San Diego next week.
Just in time for Christmas. Thanks @rhyneputman and congrats on this new work!

Regardless of whether your party won last night, I think we can all agree that the @thecivilwars need to reunite.
Watching US election coverage from @BBCNews is the way to go: British accents and less frantic.
If you missed #SWBTSChapel yesterday, you can watch @colemanford's sermon on Psalm 103 here: youtube.com/watch?v=cIpoI0…