Top Books of 2016
Preparing to enter into the new year includes taking stock of the preceding months—what went well, what did not. The same goes for our reading selections. When we looked back over the previous year’s publications, we found a few that were especially good and wanted to pass them along to you. A couple of our recommendations actually came out during the latter half of 2015, but we thought they were worthy of mentioning here. In...
2016 Theological Symposium: The Theological Legacy of F. Leroy Forlines
by the Helwys Society Forum Last Monday and Tuesday, the Free Will Baptist Commission for Theological Integrity sponsored their twentieth annual Theological Symposium. Students, pastors, professors, and scholars of other sorts gathered at Memorial Auditorium on the campus of Welch College, in Nashville, Tennessee to hear presentations, which all, in some way, explored the theological legacy of F. Leroy Forlines. This theme was...
Recommended Books (Autumn 2016)
Francis Bacon wrote in his 1625 essay, “Of Studies,” that reading is a private delight which strengthens the mind and sharpens the personality. However, he remarked, there are various ways of reading and not all books deserve the same attention. Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and...
Announcement: New Book Release
For over 60 years, Free Will Baptists have been blessed by the life, work, and thought of F. Leroy Forlines. Now, through a newly released work co-edited by two Forum contributors, Mr. Forlines’s legacy is on full display. The Helwys Society Forum is pleased to announce the release of a new book entitled The Promise of Arminian Theology: Essays in Honor of F. Leroy Forlines (Randall House Academic), co-edited by Matthew Bracey and...
Free Will Baptist National Convention: Reflections from Kansas City, Missouri
This year all seven Helwys Society Forum contributors attended the eightieth National Association of Free Will Baptists (NAFWB) meeting in Kansas City, Missouri. Several were involved in business, panels, and seminars, along with the other 4,150 attendees. In addition, several books were released with which Forum members were involved, whether through editing or writing. These include The Promise of Arminian Theology: Essays in Honor...
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