Antinomianism and Reformed Arminianism
by Richard E. Clark Some may be tempted to think the following: Since Reformed Arminians teach that apostasy may occur only by the renunciation of faith, then antinomianism (a lifestyle characterized by sin) is compatible with final salvation in Reformed Arminian theology. This correlation is simply not the case. The person may never have been saved. Additionally, a person that was saved through saving faith, confessing Christ as both...
The Future of Practical Theology Among Free Will Baptists
We can identify much of what we seek to do in everyday life as “practical theology.” We’ve grown accustomed to various mantras and assertions that “all of life is theological”—and it is. We cannot avoid thinking, feeling, and behaving in theological ways. All of life is under the lordship of Christ, and thus it is all, ultimately, of theological significance. Yet, if all of theology is not only Christ-centered and biblically-based but...
The Helwys Society Forum: Ten Years Later
This month marks the ten-year anniversary of the founding of the Helwys Society Forum (HSF). If you can believe it, our first article posted in February 2010. As a result, the next three posts will consider the HSF and its members. This article is co-written by its three founders: Matthew Steven Bracey, Jesse F. Owens, and W. Jackson Watts. Each of us will offer our reflections from the past ten years. Bracey When I think about the...
2019 Free Will Baptist Theological Symposium in Review
by the Helwys Society The 2019 Free Will Baptist Theological Symposium was held on the campus of Welch College on October 28-29. Over the course of two days, students, professors, pastors, and denominational leaders listened carefully and responded to ten presentations, most of which had some bearing on the doctrine of the church. Attendees were from ministry contexts as diverse as Oklahoma and New York because they wanted to think...
How We Get Our English Bible: A Review
by Jacob Riggs How We Get Our English Bible: Understanding About Different VersionsRobert E. PicirilliRandall House, 2019ISBN: 9781614841050 Near the end of my reading this book I told my wife, “Next to God’s Word, this may be the most important book for every Free Will Baptist to read.” I said that, and still believe it, for three reasons: (1) some Free Will Baptist’s who are KJV-only (in the National Association of Free Will...
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