Is Inerrancy Important to Apologetics?
Apologetics and theology should be the closest of disciplines. One might even argue, given that theology is the “queen of the sciences,” apologetics should rightly serve under that theological rule. For this reason, scholarship has given much attention to the relationship between these two disciplines. A plethora of books have been written on apologetic methodology, which often gives specific attention to theological influences. For...
Thanks and Welcomes to Our Contributors
As we ready ourselves for the fall, we wanted to announce some upcoming changes to the HSF. We have been so blessed to have Mr. Joshua Colson and Mrs. Rebekah Zúñiga in this ministry. However, their time with the HSF is coming to an end—at least in terms of being regular contributors. Colson finished up his tenure in June, and Zúñiga will conclude hers over the next several months. We encourage our readers to look back to their...
John R. Gower and the Culture of Turn-of-the-Century Free Will Baptists (1/3)
Much of the history of Free Will Baptists in the nineteenth century is limited to analyzing the events that occurred within the movement but fails to connect the hopes, dreams, pursuits, and fears of our movement fully to the broader cultural and political context. In this essay, I provide some context to the culture of Free Will Baptists at the turn of the twentieth century by considering the life of John R. Gower, a farmer, social...
Sports in the Modern Era: 20th Century-Present
by Joshua R. Colson & Brandon K. Presley Over the course of three previous articles (here, here, and here), we have covered the shifting nature of how Christians wrestled with sports throughout the first 1700 years of church history. Prior to the 16th century, the primary concerns with which Christians grappled were how closely sporting events were tied to idolatry (particularly for the early church) and how many sporting events...
The Heart of Ministry: Pastoral Reflections on 1 Thessalonians 2:1–8
When reading the second half of Acts recently, I was struck by the commitment of Paul and his companions to press on in ministry no matter the opposition they faced. A good example of this point occurs in Acts 16–18. Just after the Jerusalem Council (Acts 15), Paul and Silas set out for Paul’s second missionary journey. In Acts 16, they added Timothy as a companion in ministry and soon ended up in Troas. In Troas, Paul had a vision by...
Examining the Language of “Election” in the New Testament (2/2)
My previous article examined the language of “election” in the New Testament in relation to the believer’s salvation, arguing that God has elected individual believers in Christ from eternity past by His foreknowing their faith unto the end of eternal life. This article treats the language of election more broadly. The first portion of this second article concerns the believer’s election as well, focusing particularly on the topics of...
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