Building Biblical Communities
On Saturday, December 1, 2012, Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher murdered his longtime girlfriend Kasandra Perkins. He then drove to the Chiefs’ stadium where he committed suicide in front of his head coach and general manager [1]. The next day, during a post-game press-conference, Chiefs quarterback Brady Quinn stated: We live in a society of social networks, with Twitter pages and Facebook, and that’s fine, but we have...
Culture & the Kingdom: Forum13 Bible Conference
Forum13, Welch College’s annual Bible Conference, is arguably one of the greatest resources freely available to the Free Will Baptist (“FWB”) denomination. With past speakers including Mike McKinley, Mark Dever, Voddie Baucham, Harry Reeder III, and Russell Moore, it is easy to see why. This year’s two-day conference was no exception. As patrons of FWB events and eager students of church and ministry, we thought it beneficial to recap...
Dealing with Death
by Matthew and Sarah Bracey Death is not a topic that Christians often discuss. We usually avoid such seemingly awkward and uncomfortable conversations. Yet all must reckon with it eventually, especially as people we know grieve the death of a loved one. The question is, how can we best help those hurting, whether they’re a friend, congregant, or someone else? How can we aid those experiencing the profound sadness that results from...
Reforming Youth Ministry
A LifeWay study recorded that 70% of young adults stop attending church after graduating from high school [1]. Another study in TIME said that 61% of churched teenagers leave church to never return [2]. Whatever one’s theological leanings, these statistics are sobering for any Christian to hear. They beg the question, “Why the mass exodus from the Church?” Books and speakers of decades past heralded entertainment-driven pragmatism as...
Three Years Later… “Why Helwys?”
This post marks the three-year anniversary of the Helwys Society’s online forum ministry. We are most thankful, first to God, and second to our readers—you. For this anniversary post, we’d like to answer a question that many readers have asked upon visiting the website: “Why Helwys?” There are plenty of websites that provide the type of content that the Helwys Society Forum provides—essays, book reviews, interviews, and so forth....
F. Leroy Forlines: Theology for All of Life
Few people have had more influence over the theological commitments of Free Will Baptists than Leroy Forlines (1926-present). While the inclusion of a living person in FWB Heritage month will strike some as odd, it is certainly appropriate when one considers Forlines’ impact on the Free Will Baptist denomination and Arminian theology at large. His multi-generational impact will be considered in this essay. Personal Background Franklin...
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