Interview about F. Leroy Forlines’s “Secularism and the American Republic”
Last week we published a book review of F. Leroy Forlines’s newest publication, Secularism and the American Republic. This week we post an interview between its editor, Matthew Steven Bracey, and Eddie Moody, Executive Secretary of the National Association of Free Will Baptists, who hosts the Better Together Podcast. Moody asks Bracey about what led Forlines to pursue this topic, what Forlines’s hope for the book was, as well as about...
Book Review of F. Leroy Forlines’s “Secularism and the American Republic”
Forlines, F. Leroy. Secularism and the American Republic: Revisiting Thomas Jefferson on Church and State. Edited by Matthew Steven Bracey. Gallatin, TN: Welch College Press, 2022. F. Leroy Forlines remained committed to interdisciplinary study until the end of his life, and that is clear in his latest work, Secularism and the American Republic. This Arminian theologian of the twentieth century sought to provide Christians with a...
HSF Conversations: Secularism and the American Republic
In this episode of HSF Conversations, Phillip Morgan interviews Matthew Steven Bracey about the most recent publication from F. Leroy Forlines, Secularism and the American Republic: Revisiting Thomas Jefferson on Church and State. Matthew worked closely with Mr. Forlines in the publication of this project, as well as edited the book. People interested in questions of church and state, religious liberty, and the American founding will...
When Even Our Heroes Are Flawed
Few things are more discouraging than learning that one of your heroes had significant flaws, erred theologically, or committed grievous sin. Even when your heroes are historical figures, making such a discovery can leave you feeling disoriented and potentially unsure about the otherwise valuable contributions that person made. “If my hero did this or thought that,” we might ask, “then does it discredit all of the other things I love...
What the 2016 Election Can (and Should) Teach Us
By this point in 2016, most Americans are thoroughly exhausted by politics. This is typical of our civic experience every two years but especially every four as presidential elections try our patience and chisel away at our sanity. We’re not sure if another ad, sound-bite, or slogan will aid our decision-making or cause us to consider Canadian citizenship. Most American Christians have been formed and shaped by traditions that...
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