Recommended Books (Winter 2016)
At the Helwys Society Forum we firmly believe that theology is for all of life. Leroy Forlines’s Biblical Ethics deftly explains how the four basic relationships (man with God, man with man, man with creation, and man with himself) are governed by the four basic values (holiness, love, wisdom, and ideals), bringing our entire life experience under God’s direction. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that many of our Winter 2016...
There Is No Golden Age
What’s your ideal place or time in history? Maybe you’d enjoy the slow pace and small town charm of a place like Mayberry where things seem simpler and people seem kinder. Or maybe you’d prefer a more exotic setting like England during the age of Shakespeare. The past may not be your thing. You might prefer some time or place in the future when transportation is easier, cancer has been cured, and poverty has been greatly alleviated....
Top Books Read in 2013
by the Helwys Society In a recent post, Forum contributors shared their favorite books from 2013. However, regular readers know that we believe that history often helps provide the best perspective on what is really significant. In that spirit, we also want to highlight select publications that weren’t published in 2013, but nevertheless were read and digested by our contributors in the past year. While some titles are still more...
Top Books Published in 2013
Each year, members of the Helwys Society have the opportunity to read and review many books. Insomuch that we find these books significant or useful, we try to bring that information to the attention of readers. In the next two posts, we intend to do that by highlighting our favorite books published in 2013, and then we’ll follow that by highlighting books from pre-2013 that we may have happened to read this year. We trust this will...
The Narcissism of Now
“Is that the iPhone 5?” “No,” I reply, “It’s just an iPhone 4S.” This is just one of countless questions I answer when making small talk with the teenagers I minister to. It seems that every time I turn around there is a new phone, new gadget, or new app that the teenagers are conversing about. I reveal my magnitude of un-coolness when I inquire about new fads (if that’s what they even call them anymore). With few exceptions, the...
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