Top 2013 Posts
The year 2013 was an exciting year for the Helwys Society Forum. In addition to accessing our site at helwyssocietyforum.com, you may also find our site at thehsf.com. We hope this is easier to remember. In addition, we had many guest contributors through the year, including Russell Moore (President of Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission), Timothy George (Dean of Beeson Divinity School), Ken Myers (Host of Mars...
Top Books Read in 2013
by the Helwys Society In a recent post, Forum contributors shared their favorite books from 2013. However, regular readers know that we believe that history often helps provide the best perspective on what is really significant. In that spirit, we also want to highlight select publications that weren’t published in 2013, but nevertheless were read and digested by our contributors in the past year. While some titles are still more...
Top Books Published in 2013
Each year, members of the Helwys Society have the opportunity to read and review many books. Insomuch that we find these books significant or useful, we try to bring that information to the attention of readers. In the next two posts, we intend to do that by highlighting our favorite books published in 2013, and then we’ll follow that by highlighting books from pre-2013 that we may have happened to read this year. We trust this will...
What Numbers Can and Can’t Tell You
When the year draws to a close, numbers become extremely important. This is true particularly as companies, organizations, and households evaluate their budgets. “How have we done?” they wonder. The right figures can help answer this question. Similarly, sometimes churches wonder, “How are we doing?” Pastors especially try to discern what is happening in their congregations. Whether it is pride or a sincere concern driving their...
Sleep, To The Glory of God
Most mornings I am fortunate enough to be able to hit the snooze button once before diving headfirst into a day packed full of studying, responsibilities, and tasks. I’ll subsequently drink a few cups of coffee (a Christian’s ambrosia if you will) throughout the day to keep myself alert and moving forward. I check off “to-dos” as I make visits, review Sunday School curriculum, plan activities, and study for upcoming messages and...
ETS 2013: Inerrancy in Perspective
The last 30 years have witnessed countless publications on the doctrine of Scripture. While each varies in length, perspective, and overall usefulness, they all directly or indirectly relate to a critical tenet of evangelical faith: the inerrancy of Scripture. In the spirit of this topic, “Evangelicalism, Inerrancy, and the Evangelical Theological Society: Retrospect and Prospect” was the theme for the annual meeting of the...
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