A Free Will Baptist Looks at John Piper’s All that Jesus Commanded
An Overview of the Book While John Piper’s All that Jesus Commanded: The Christian Life according to the Gospels is hot off the press, it is actually a revised, second edition of his earlier work, What Jesus Demands from the World (2006). “The new title,” Piper explains, “is intended to make more clear the relevance of this book for every Christian. It deals with every command Jesus gave and how it relates to Christian living...
Love and Obey: For There’s No Other Way
Our culture is consumed with romantic love. Admittedly, sexual gratification is often confused for love. Even so, pop songs are filled with promises of eternal happiness in the arms of another, romantic comedies remain a perennial favorite for moviegoers on dates, and the Valentine’s Day industry is as strong as ever even amid massive inflation and economic turmoil. However, such understandings of love are extremely shallow. Love is...
A Virtuous Wife … Who Can Find?
by Megan Morgan Recently, I was having a discussion with a young lady in college. She was asking me several questions about life in general, and more specifically about marriage. “Is it true that life only gets busier and more hectic after college?” she asked. I responded that there will always be different seasons of life. Some seasons will be busy and hectic, but in whatever season she should keep Christ as the center and try her...
Christians & the Environment: An Interview with Mark Liederbach
by Zach Maloney The Helwys Society Forum is pleased to have Zach Maloney contributing a special interview this week. Zach is the Pastor for Christian Education at Tippett’s Chapel FWB Church in Clayton, North Carolina. He is also a graduate student in ethics at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Southeastern Seminary happens to be home to one of the premier ethics programs among evangelical seminaries. One of their professors,...
Cultivating Righteousness: Gardening and Sanctification
I hate to admit it, but I was often a disgruntled field hand in my father’s garden. Things came to a head, however, the summer that I was fourteen. My father thought that raising pole-beans would be a great way for me and my two younger brothers to pad our portfolios (woefully underfunded savings accounts) [1]. His idea had many positive intentions and potential results: increased work ethic, better understanding of husbandry,...
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