Born Again, Again
In a small metropolitan church, a soft-spoken young woman sits before a group of six boys. It’s Sunday morning in this Sunday school class of 2nd grade boys. At the head of one of those industrial foldout tables, she asks, “If you were to die on your way home today with unconfessed sin in your heart would you go to heaven?” One of the boys quickly replies with a hearty “No!” “Well,” says the young teacher, “we must immediately confess...
Saving Schaeffer
On a shelf in the library archives of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary is a box. Inside is an aging, well-worn Bible. Finding a Bible in a library is nothing special—but this one is. It, along with thousands of letters, cassette tapes, and videos comprise the Francis Schaeffer literary estate. While many Christians aren’t familiar with his books, many have heard his name. Some have even seen pictures of this unique man...
C. S. Lewis’s Journey of Faith: From Atheism to Christianity
Today, we celebrate Clive Staples “Jack” Lewis (1898-1963). Having authored popular works including Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, and The Chronicles of Narnia, he is indisputably one of Christianity’s most beloved authors of the 20th century. As such he warrants a place in our Reformational Worldview Emphasis Month. Like Luther, Kuyper, and Schaeffer, Lewis took seriously those reformational categories of Scripture,...
Remembering “Mere Christianity”
Between 1942 and 1944, C. S. Lewis gave a series of broadcasts on Christianity on BBC Radio. By 1952, this series had been adapted to a book, entitled Mere Christianity. And this year, 2012, standing as one of Lewis’s most important works, we celebrate its 60th anniversary. Its impact upon modern Christianity is undeniable. For example, in 2000 Christianity Today rated it as the number one book of the twentieth century. In its own...
Abraham Kuyper: Christ Transforming Culture
In his 1951 book, Christ and Culture, H. Richard Niebuhr set out these models for Christian engagement with culture: Christ against culture, Christ in culture, and Christ transforming culture [1]. – The first calls for Christians to actively withdraw from society. This approach often fosters enmity between believers and unbelievers. – The second states that Christians should imbibe the culture around them. Differences...
Life, Liberty, and Luther
Since the Helwys Society Forum’s beginning, we have sought to encourage Christians to engage with the greater Christian tradition. Serious theological is reflection both concerned about the Church’s present as well as her past. For this reason, though there are many who deserve our attention, four figures will be examined this month: Martin Luther, Abraham Kuyper, C. S. Lewis, and Francis Schaeffer. We intend not only to introduce...
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