Existential Reasons for Belief in God (Clifford Williams)
by Jared Martin Existential Needs (chapter 1-3) The thesis of Clifford Williams’ book, Existential Reasons for Belief in God: A Defense of Desires and Emotions for Faith, is that the best way to acquire and maintain faith in God is through reason and need [1]. Faith may be based on either reason or need, but one without the other will ultimately be found lacking. As Williams puts it, “Need without reason is blind, but...
Is God a Moral Monster? (Paul Copan)
Paul Copan, Is God a Moral Monster? Making Sense of the Old Testament God (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2011). 252 pp. $14.99 paperback. review by Kevin Williford Among the challenges facing the church today is the attack on the Christian faith posed by what is commonly called the “New Atheists.” What distinguishes the New Atheists from those in previous generations is their militancy and efforts to popularize atheism. The primary mode of...
Dr. Linton C. Johnson: The Pastor-Educator
Dr. Charles Thigpen reflects on his history with the first president of Welch College, the flagship school of the National Association of Free Will Baptists. Building a Team It was February of 1948 when my wife and I first met Dr. L. C. Johnson. We had received a telegram from him, asking if we would consider teaching positions at Free Will Baptist Bible College (“FWBBC”) (now Welch College) in Nashville, Tennessee. This was a...
John L Welch: Pioneering the Way Forward
by Mary Wisehart and Robert Picirilli Free Will Baptist Bible College was renamed Welch College in 2012. The persons thereby honored were John L and Mary Ann Weaver Welch [1]. This article is primarily devoted to the Reverend Mr. Welch, to enable others to understand why the flagship college of the Free Will Baptist denomination was named for this important couple. The “Boy Preacher” The parents of John L Welch, Jr. were John L Welch,...
Twenty-first Century Impressions of “Pride and Prejudice”
by Alexandra Harper This month marks the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, an early 19th-century literary masterpiece which has exploded into a 21st-century universal romance. References to the British novel abound in contemporary American culture through the proliferation of classic and modern films (e.g., Bridget Jones’ Diary, Lost in Austen), and literary spin-offs of fan-based romances, mysteries, and even...
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