A Trinity in Name Alone is Not Enough
by Kevin Hester In October of this year, Christianity Today reported the findings of a recent LifeWay Research poll commissioned by Ligonier Ministries. The poll was targeted at the evangelical community and surveyed a number of key theological topics and concepts including God, the person and work of…
A Christmas Message from the Commission
In the days leading up to Christmas and New Year’s Eve, most Americans are at their busiest time of the year. Last-minute gifts are purchased, parties are put on, and a busy travel season continues. The members of the Theological Commission recognize these patterns as our lives reflect this…
Daniel Whitby on the Warning Passages in Hebrews
by J. Matthew Pinson Recently I was reading an old book from Daniel Whitby entitled A Discourse Concerning the True Import of the Words Election and Reprobation (1710). Whitby was a well-known Anglican Arminian in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. His works are (in)famous for eliciting…
The Necessity of Thinking Hard: Part 1
by Rodney Holloman Recently, after attending my first Theological Symposium outside of graduate school, a friend asked me why I chose to go and participate. I simply replied that as a member of our Commission for Theological Integrity, I needed to be there. The Symposium was academically challenging…
The Hermeneutics of Evangelism: Some Additional Reflections
by W. Jackson Watts At the recent Free Will Baptist Theological Symposium in October, I presented a paper entitled “Hearing the Gospel: Reflections on the Hermeneutics of Evangelism.” Drawing on the nuanced way we understand the idea of “hearing” (listening and obeying), I attempted to sketch out some of the…