Why Arminians Should Celebrate Reformation 500

by Theological Commission Commission Chairman Matt Pinson was asked by the Gospel Coalition to write an article on why Arminians should celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. The article was published on the Gospel Coalition website on October 30.   Why Arminians Should Celebrate Reformation 500…

Phillip Jensen on Apologetics & Evangelism

by J. Matthew Pinson Recently I listened to a podcast by Phillip Jensen, the evangelical Anglican pastor from Sydney, Australia. Despite the obvious doctrinal differences between Free Will Baptists and Reformed Anglicans, Jensen and the Matthias Media folks down in Sydney are interesting people to watch. They demonstrate…

Millennials: They’re So Hard to Figure Out

by Matt Pinson “We do face a danger, of course, when attempting to group individuals in a certain generation using sweeping generalizations. We risk missing the beautiful diversity of each generation, and the beautiful uniqueness of each person.”  —Jon Nielson Recently I read a short article on the…

Pastoral Theology and Change: Part 3

by Jackson Watts Change is inherent to the nature of salvation; repentance itself implies real spiritual change. So it should be no surprise that the congregational life of saved persons also must undergo certain changes in its ministry sometimes in order to better foster growth, discipleship, worship, or…

Nervous about Numbers

by Kevin Hester Numbers can be depressing. When we hear that over half of all marriages end in divorce, we cringe. It doesn’t help that some versions of the statistics show that Christian marriages are no better. What about church attendance? A 2007 LifeWay Research Study documented that…