2018 Symposium Information
Jackson Watts October is coming, which means that this year’s Theological Symposium program is coming together quickly. I’ve been encouraged to have had the opportunity discuss this event with many prospective presenters and attendees over the last few months. I think those who make the trip will be…
Nothing New Under the Sun
Matthew Pinson When it comes to the big questions, as Ecclesiastes reminds us, there is nothing new under the sun. I am often reminded of this when I attend debates between Christians and skeptics of various varieties. For example, several years ago I heard Craig Evans debate Bart…
Convention Round-Up
by Jackson Watts Last week our National Association met in Little Rock for its 82nd annual meeting. The Commission for Theological Integrity held a seminar, and also elected a new Commission member. Convention attendees are offered dozens of opportunities to take in seminars. However, long before seminars were…
We Must Reform in Order to Conserve: Part 2
by Matthew Pinson I am—we all are—under a great temptation to discard the Great Tradition of the Christian Church, and our own heritage of Free Will Baptist faith and practice, replacing it with the latest flavor of the month from the non-denominational movement, again, hoping that something will…
We Must Reform in Order to Conserve
by Matthew Pinson I have been reading—and thoroughly enjoying—the new book Conservatism: An Invitation to the Great Tradition by Roger Scruton. Scruton is the best-known conservative intellectual in Great Britain. A philosopher by training, he has written more than forty books on issues as diverse as politics and the environment and art and…