The Law of Moses: Moral and Meaningful
W. Jackson Watts Over 20 years ago I had a brief but memorable conversation with Matthew McAffee. McAffee was then a bright, new faculty member at Welch College with wise insights into many subjects. [1] Somehow the topic of the Mosaic Law came up. Most of us know…
Ancient Wisdom on 2 Timothy 4:2
W. Jackson Watts One of the striking qualities of the New Testament is how practical it is concerning the office of elder/overseer/pastor. This claim of practicality may seem strange. After all, we regularly have about the pastorate which the Bible leaves unanswered: how much should we pay a…
“Communion with God”
Matt Pinson In our tradition, the phrase “communion with God” is very common, as it is in the wider Puritan and Reformed tradition out of which General/Free Will Baptists emerged. Our English General Baptist forefather Thomas Grantham was very fond of the term. In one place, for example,…
Favorite Books in 2023: Part 4
W. Jackson Watts Each year I produce a list of the best books I read in the past calendar year. I simply don’t have the luxury of confining myself to those titles only published in that specific year, though obviously some of them are quite recent. I increasingly…
Favorite Books in 2023: Part 3
Rodney Holloman For many years, I have tried to enter January focusing on the Lord and His attributes by reading A.W. Tozer’s seminal works, The Knowledge of The Holy and The Pursuit of God. Tozer’s writing always challenges me. Even though I have worked through these numerous times,…