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...
Biblical Inerrancy, the Chicago Statement, and the Old Testament
When surveying teachings on the doctrine of Scripture, one need not look long before encountering biblical inerrancy. After all, “Scripture is the source of evangelical faith, and since inerrancy is ultimately a matter of reading Scripture faithfully inerrancy is often regarded as of the essence of genuine Christian faith.”[1] However, this doctrine has caused a fair share of misgivings within the last one hundred years, specifically...
Defending Substitution: A Review Essay
J. Gresham Machen (1881-1937) argued nearly 100 years ago that if Christianity is anything it is a way of getting rid of sin. Machen lived at a time in which Protestant circles increasingly minimized sin, particularly individual sin against God, in favor of societal sin or evil. This was largely due to the rise of Protestant liberalism in America. One of the seemingly direct effects of Protestant liberalism’s rise was the demise in...
A Supreme Decision?
* On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States announced its decision for Obergefell v. Hodges. It found that same-sex couples have a fundamental right to marriage under the Fourteenth Amendment, and that all states must recognize this right. Justice Kennedy wrote the majority opinion, with Justices Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan joining in. Chief Justice Roberts, and Justices Scalia, Thomas, and Alito issued four...
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