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  • 28 Jun 2022

    Hate the Sin and Love the Sinner: Evangelism and Holiness in Dialogue

    Hate the Sin and Love the Sinner: Evangelism and Holiness in Dialogue

    by Dustin Walters You have probably heard the phrase “Hate the sin and love the sinner.” Like me, perhaps you have used this phrase at some point. In this blog post, I will reflect on what this phrase means and will engage with the implications of this phrase on evangelism. This phrase highlights the problems […]

  • 14 Jun 2022

    The One Time I Disagreed with Mr. Forlines

    The One Time I Disagreed with Mr. Forlines

    By Benjamin G. Campbell If you are a Free Will Baptist, then Leroy Forlines is a name that you will know and love. If you are a Free Will Baptist and you went to Welch College (or FWBBC), then you will also know and love not just a name, but a person. Leroy Forlines (alongside […]

  • 24 May 2022

    Minimalism and the Christian Faith

    Minimalism and the Christian Faith

    Some people settle for the bare minimum. Whether it is in our work, educational commitments, or even our faith, we look for the easiest path or the path with the least resistance. A problem I have observed in some who claim to follow Jesus is a minimalist attitude. People want to do the bare minimum […]

  • 10 May 2022

    The Responsibility for Christianity to Redeem Culture through Christ

    The Responsibility for Christianity to Redeem Culture through Christ

    By Matt Honeycutt As the recipients of special grace, Christians are called to cultivate the landscape of common grace.[1] All Christians in Christ have the responsibility to redeem culture for the common good of mankind’s soul. Reflecting upon Kuyperian thought, Bacote states, “…the best society will result from a responsible and faithful stewardship of common […]

  • 26 Apr 2022

    Who Is Thomas Grantham?

    Who Is Thomas Grantham?

    Arminianism, the theology derived from Jacobus Arminius himself, is widely known among evangelicals today. Although it is widely known, it is also widely misunderstood. As 20th-century Arminian theologian Roger Olson plainly states, “Arminianism is treated as a straw man all too easily chopped down or burned up because it is not fairly described.”[1] But this […]

  • 19 Apr 2022

    40 Questions About Arminianism: A Review

    40 Questions About Arminianism: A Review

    By Dustin M. Walters In 40 Questions About Arminianism, author J. Matthew Pinson[1] has written a “survey of Arminianism that is more didactic than polemical, but which every reader will see engages at times in “hard-edged debate” with scholars from differing perspectives (p. 13). This is a book about “what brings all Arminians together” and […]

  • 12 Apr 2022

    A Reflection on the Historical Adam-Part 2

    A Reflection on the Historical Adam-Part 2

    by: Dustin Walters In the first post on the historical Adam, I argued for belief in the historic Adam as revealed in the Genesis narrative. In this post, I want to present four objections to the historic Adam and conclude with further support for belief in the historic Adam. As is the case with part […]

  • 29 Mar 2022

    A Reflection on the Historical Adam-Part 1

    A Reflection on the Historical Adam-Part 1

    By: Dustin Walters A rejection of the historical Adam as mentioned in Genesis 1-3 undermines biblical authority and reflects a hermeneutic of suspicion rather than a hermeneutic of trust in the Bible. Just as there was a quest for the “historical Jesus”, there have been quests for the historical Adam. William VanDoodwaard wrote, “This quest […]

  • 15 Mar 2022

    The Synoptic Problem

    The Synoptic Problem

    By Matt Honeycutt It is generally accepted that each gospel writer formulated his gospel for a particular audience. While skeptics continue to see contradictions among the gospels, others have noted the parallels and differences while trying to establish criteria to better understand the overall message.  This dilemma is referred to by scholars as “the synoptic […]

  • 1 Mar 2022

    Creating Deep Disciples

    Creating Deep Disciples

    By: Benjamin G. Campbell Discipleship. It is a buzzword that has encompassed everything in the world of church life and ministry. Everyone tells you we need more discipleship in the church today and that discipleship is the answer to the church’s problems. It is the popular term or ministry to which churches should devote their […]

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