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...
Identity in Christ and Sports
ESPN Films 30 for 30 is known for their excellent films over the last several years. Perhaps one of the best from this series is the documentary highlighting the life of Marcus Dupree. Marcus was a highly touted high school football player during the early 1980s who eventually played for the University of Oklahoma and the Los Angeles Rams. Marcus’s football career was cut short due to a knee injury that forced him to leave the game....
Why Pastors Aren’t Perfect: An Interview with Zack Eswine
Pastors are a very unique species. They are not only called to bridge two worlds in their preaching, as the John Stott title famously put it, but to live in two worlds. They bear the demanding burden of feeding and leading the flock of God, while at the same time being members of the flock (1 Pt. 5:1-4). They must find a way daily to manage the expectations of those they serve, while living with the fact that those expectations still...
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...
The Country Gentleman: Country Life and Customs in the Poetry of Robert Herrick
There is much to be said for a simple, rural life in which one delights in the pleasures of working the land, keeping time-established traditions, and enjoying the beauty of God’s creation. This lifestyle was very well-articulated by the Southern Agrarians in early twentieth-century America, but several other notable literary artists have also dedicated much of their work to the topic. Robert Herrick, a contemporary of John Donne and...
Recommended Books (Summer 2016)
The Apostle Paul closes his epistle to the Ephesians with a memorable exhortation: “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with...
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