A Note on Peter Chamberlen and the Sacrament of the Washing of the Saints’ Feet
A Note on Peter Chamberlen and the Sacrament of the Washing of the Saints’ Feet Matthew Pinson The London General Baptist physician Peter Chamberlen (sometimes spelled “Chamberlain”) was probably best known for books he wrote about poverty in England, how it should be addressed, and how poor relief…
Favorite Books in 2023: Part 1
Cory Thompson (Editor’s note: Over the next few weeks several Commission members will be sharing some of their favorite books they read in 2023. As we always say, inclusion of a title in no way signals a blanket endorsement by the individual Commissioner, or the Commission as a…
Addendum: Another Favorite Book from 2017
W. Jackson Watts Usually I manage to read a book or two during the holidays. Recently I read one I had wanted to read for years, but finally had an excuse to read it due to its pertinence to a current research project. It was Alister McGrath’s The…
Eschatology for the Now
by Kevin Hester I was not the student to whom my fellow commission member, Rev. Randy Corn, referred in his recent post The First Word on Last Things, but I could have been. My attitude about eschatology was one that saw it only as an intramural Christian debate…
Adam, Eve, and Maple Tree Leaves
by Kevin L. Hester I have the privilege of working at Welch College which is nestled in the historic Richland Village neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee. Every fall I am greeted with the brilliant yellows and bright reds of the neighborhood’s American maples. The beauty of this time of…