Commission Members’ Top Books from 2022

Theological Commission Israel’s wisest King once said that there was no end to the making of books. Truer words have never been spoken, certainly in reference to publishing! Our five Commission members do our best to choose books wisely and read them profitably and critically. In this year-end…

Free Will Baptists and the Evangelical Theological Society: Part 2

W. Jackson Watts In my previous post I discussed the value and significance of Free Will Baptists being involved with the Evangelical Theological Society. In this post I will focus more specifically on the 2018 Meeting and what it, and future meetings, may offer for our people. The…

Memento Mori

by Randy Corn Recently while reading Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs, I came across the Latin expression memento mori. Isaacson explains that when a Roman general returned victorious from battle he was given a Triumph, a grand parade, where many gifts and honors were bestowed upon him. …

Favorite Books in 2015

by Theological Commission It is the time of year when many readers are finishing up their last minute Christmas shopping. But by now, many who read blogs will also be seeing “Top Books” lists of many shapes and sizes. Sometimes these can be difficult to wade through as…

On C.S. Lewis & Chronological Snobbery

by Matthew Pinson In my courses at Welch College, I often introduce my students to C. S. Lewis’s comments on “chronological snobbery.” Lewis described himself before he became a Christian, when he was still an atheist, as a chronological snob. He defined chronological snobbery as the “uncritical acceptance…