Culture & the Kingdom: An Interview with Dr. Timothy Tennent
As I sat at the 2011 Free Will Baptist Leadership Conference, I attentively listened to David Wells as he quoted extensively from Timothy Tennent’s provocative inaugural address at Asbury Theological Seminary. While I had little to no idea who Timothy Tennent was at the time, I knew that I had to read this address in its entirety for myself. That address has been formative in my life, and in many ways represents a great deal of what...
Culture & the Kingdom: Forum13 Bible Conference
Forum13, Welch College’s annual Bible Conference, is arguably one of the greatest resources freely available to the Free Will Baptist (“FWB”) denomination. With past speakers including Mike McKinley, Mark Dever, Voddie Baucham, Harry Reeder III, and Russell Moore, it is easy to see why. This year’s two-day conference was no exception. As patrons of FWB events and eager students of church and ministry, we thought it beneficial to recap...
The Uneasy Conscience of Modern Fundamentalism
January 22, 2013 marks the 100th anniversary of Carl F. H. Henry’s birth. Henry, who lived from 1913 to 2003, is known by many as the founding editor of Christianity Today, though many of his other works go unread by many evangelicals. In his six-volume magnum opus God, Revelation and Authority, Henry valiantly defended the doctrine of biblical inerrancy against textual critics and liberal theologians. Yet Carl Henry was not simply a...
The Ethical Vision of Clint Eastwood (Sara Vaux)
Review by Jared Austin While many films Hollywood produces excel aesthetically, most are full of postmodern secularism and lack common ground with the Christian viewer. Conversely, directors such as Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, and the Coen brothers make films many Christians have analyzed because of their religious themes which inform and shape public thought. Another such director is the iconic Clint Eastwood. In her book The...
What Is Directing Our Worship?
When asked to serve as the Music Minister at his church, Steven gladly accepted. He led the congregation in the great hymns from the church’s history—such as “All Creatures of Our God and King,” “A Mighty Fortress is Our God,” “Praise Ye the Lord, the Almighty,” and “Near the Cross.” An elderly gentleman, strictly accustomed to southern gospel music, approached Steven one morning: “These new songs are nice and all, but I really prefer...
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