The Bible and the Body (Part 2)
by Christopher Talbot (Note: This is the second in a four-part series from our annual Convention seminar. Read Part 1 here.) As various proof texts offer insight into a larger biblical vision of the constitution of man, so is an understanding of various words used in the Bible.…
The Bible and the Body: Theological Clarity in a Confused Culture
by Christopher Talbot (Editor’s note: This is the first installment in a four-part series which reproduces Chris Talbot’s seminar from the 2024 Free Will Baptist National Convention. We are posting it in this “episode-like” format since the length of the talk is more conducive to this approach. We…
What I Like (and Don’t Like) about Non-Penal-Satisfaction Theories of Atonement
Matt Pinson Reformed Arminians emphasize what Leroy Forlines called the penal-satisfaction model of atonement. (Forlines, with scholars like Charles Hodge, J. I. Packer, and Thomas Oden, liked this more precise phrase that refers to what most people call penal-substitutionary atonement.) I have discussed this approach elsewhere at greater…
Commissioner Seminars in Tampa
From the Editors When Free Will Baptists gather in Tampa this month for the annual Convention, they will have a vast array of seminar choices. Among them are three seminars offered by members of the Commission for Theological Integrity. While these seminars aren’t official presentations of the Commission…
Introducing De Doctrina
From the Editors The Free Will Baptist Commission for Theological Integrity has long published an academic journal, Integrity: A Journal of Christian Thought. The journal’s purpose has been to expose Free Will Baptists to important theological trends impacting the Christian world and to provide a Free Will Baptist…