A Faithful Steward: Agnes Brinkley Frazier
Our Lord once told the tale of servants who had received talents from their master (Mt. 25:14-30). Two of the servants served wisely, reinvesting what they had been given. But the third wickedly hid his portion. When the master returned, he greatly rewarded his faithful servants for their wise stewardship. But the timid and slothful servant was relieved of the little with which he had been entrusted and cast into the outer darkness....
Understanding Gender Dysphoria: Book Review
Last November I had the opportunity to attend a lecture given by Dr. Mark Yarhouse[1] at an event sponsored by the Center for Faith and Culture at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.[2] Yarhouse is Professor of Psychology at Regent University. His topic was on how we should engage issues of gender identity with the gospel. This topic is so important because the church must be equipped in the areas of sexual ethics. Seven months...
Announcing Our Newest Contributor
The Helwys Society Forum is pleased to announce its newest contributor, Ms. Christa Hill. Please join us in congratulating this addition. Christa Hill is the library manager at Welch College in Nashville, TN. She is currently completing her MLIS at the University of Alabama and holds a BA in English and Biblical Studies from Welch College (2011). She taught high school and middle school English for three years before returning to the...
Body Image: What the Church Can Learn from a Dance
by Rebekah Zuñiga Recently my church has been preparing for Vacation Bible School (VBS) with our elementary children. My husband and I are in charge of teaching the music. In Sunday School we teach the kids the words and motions to the VBS songs. This Sunday some questions occurred to me: why do VBS songs have motions? Do the kids simply think they are more fun that way? Possibly. But I began to notice that the kids learned the words...
Concrete Genders in a Gender Fluid World
On March 23rd of this year, North Carolina’s General Assembly proposed and passed HB2 (House Bill 2), or what is more informally known as the “bathroom bill.” In very plain language, the bill responds to an ordinance passed in Charlotte, N.C., which called for further public accommodation for those in the LGBT community. Specifically, this ordinance would have allowed transgender individuals to use the bathroom of the gender with...
An Introduction to the Regulative Principle
Throughout both Old and New Testaments, Scripture make clear that God cares about how we worship. It’s not something He has left to us; rather, He has given us principles to follow. From the beginning God has been interested in how we worship Him. The first Scriptural occasion in which worship is mentioned is the Cain and Abel narrative. Abel’s worship was pleasing to God, but Cain’s was not. Perhaps the most explicit Old Testament...
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