A Reflection on the Inspiration of Scripture from the Patristic Period
by W. Jackson Watts In my last post, I highlighted a brief, exegetical insight offered by an early church figure as it concerns the perseverance of the saints. Of course, the early church period offers us a treasure-trove of other exegetical, theological, and pastoral insights that we…
A Reflection on “Falling Away” in the Patristic Period
by Jackson Watts My first educational stop during my graduate studies was at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, a distinguished Southern Baptist school in the beautiful town of Wake Forest, North Carolina. Southeastern (hereafter SEBTS) has a number of excellent scholars in several fields, and so I appreciated my…
Ask a Theologian
by Randy Corn My first-born son, Benjamin Randal Corn (guess who he was named after) worked for six summers as a counselor at Cumberland Youth Camp. He once told me of a standard procedure which the camp employed when weather forced them indoors. They would assemble the students…
What’s a Baptist to Do with Tradition?
by Kevin Hester I can’t remember when I heard the pithy quote, “tradition is a good guide but a poor taskmaster.” Subsequent attempts to find the derivation of the quote have been fruitless. However, the quote seems to capture the general, Baptist approach to anything viewed as established…
Wisdom from Carl Trueman
by Matt Pinson A few years ago, I had the wonderful opportunity to meet Carl Trueman when we were on a panel together at Southern Seminary. While I disagree with some of what he says (politically as well as his Orthodox Presbyterian/Calvinist distinctives), when it comes to the…