In Honor of Zach Maloney
For the past eight years, we have been delighted to have Zach Maloney serve as a regular contributor to the Helwys Society Forum. June 2022 marked the end of Zach’s time as a regular contributor as he focuses more on his work as a hospice chaplain. Therefore, we wanted to use this post to highlight some of Zach’s contributions to the site and show our gratitude for his work before taking a hiatus for about a month. ––––– My...
Faithful at All Times: A Review of Top Gun: Maverick
This week my wife, Megan, and I had a rare day to ourselves, with all our children staying with grandparents overnight. We took advantage of the opportunity to do something we almost never do—see a movie in the theater. Beyond the prohibitive cost of seeing films in this way, we just do not find many new movies very appealing. Hollywood’s general lack of imagination coupled with its clearly articulated social aims that contradict...
The Table of Nations: Biblical Nationalism I
Since 2001, we have seen a marked decline in American patriotism. A 2019 Gallup poll showed that the number of Americans who are proud of their country began to drop in 2005 and now hovers under fifty percent.[1] In 2013, researchers with the Pew Research Foundation discovered a generational devolution from the Silent Generation (b. 1925–1945) to Millennials (b. 1980–2000) of confidence in America’s prominence compared to other...
What is the NET Bible?
A few weeks ago, a blog post from Logos Academic by Ben Witherington caught my attention.[1] It discussed a few examples of what the author deemed to be some of the best Bible translations currently available. One of the three he mentioned was the NET Bible (New English Translation). As someone who studies translation technique, I was interested in learning more about the NET Bible and its approach to translation, so I thought I would...
Being Constructive About Deconstruction
I have had plenty of reasons to walk away from the faith, or really to never have begun it. If you will excuse a personal account, I grew up in a household that did not put an emphasis on Christianity and the truth of Scripture. My family went to church from time to time, but whatever commitment to the faith we displayed by attending church on Sunday was often neglected that following Monday. So, when I heard the gospel and confessed...
Wendell Berry on Specialization
There has been much talk of experts in the past two years—applauding them, cursing them, defending them, questioning them. It is tempting to form strong opinions based only on our current crises and today’s thought-leaders, but we always benefit from engaging with past thinking to inform our current situation. I would like to engage some thoughts from Wendell Berry’s 45-year-old work in order to gain wisdom on how to approach our...
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