Lessons in Mentorship
Several years ago, I was asked to co-present on mentorship at the 2022 Free Will Baptist Leadership Conference with Eric K. Thomsen, who was my youth pastor when I was growing up. The idea was to demonstrate the mentor-mentee cycle: someone invested in him, he invested in me, now I invest in others, who will hopefully invest in yet others. We were asked to present again at the 2025 D6 Conference in Washington. This post represents an...
HSF Conversations: That Hideous Strength
In this edition of HSF Conversations, Matthew Steven Bracey and Phillip T. Morgan discuss That Hideous Strength, the third installment of C. S. Lewis’s The Space...
Examining the Language of “Predestination” in the New Testament
This article concludes a series I have written on the language of “foreknowledge,” “election,” and “predestination” in the New Testament from the perspective of a Reformed Arminian and Free Will Baptist. Foreknowledge refers to God’s knowing things before they happen, such as the crucifixion of Jesus and the election of believers; God has perfect foreknowledge because He is omniscient. Election refers to God’s choosing individual...
Reflections on the Assassination of Charlie Kirk
by Matthew Steven Bracey and Phillip T. Morgan Charlie Kirk was assassinated precisely one week ago today. In this post, we reflect on this sad situation. Although articles on the Helwys Society Forum do not normally focus on current events, this one demands our attention because no current event in recent memory has so impacted—so traumatized—the people with whom we talk daily as this one has. We hope these few thoughts provide some...
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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