by Christopher Talbot (Editor’s Note: This is part 3 in a four-part series based on Chris Talbot’s 2024 Theological Integrity seminar at the National Convention. You can click on the hyperlinks to read Part 1 or Part 2). The Body I intentionally began with Scripture’s testimony on the subject. Cooper rightly notes, “if anthropological dualism [the view alluded to above] …
Keep Readingby 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. I am not a biblical scholar, so I am depending heavily on …
Keep Readingby 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 thank Mr. Talbot for allowing us to share his remarks here. Any …
Keep ReadingMatt 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 length than I will do here. [1] My purpose in this essay …
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In 2024, the Commission for Theological Integrity saw a need for something that struck a balance between their two existing publications. Integrity is usually published biennially. Blog posts on fwbtheology.com do not always afford appropriate space for extended theological discussion. In this middle space, De Doctrina was born. Aided by a generous grant from the Free Will Baptist Foundation, the Commission for Theological Integrity is proud …
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