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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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Grafted In: Abrahamic Faith and New Covenant Believers
Various covenants appear throughout the biblical narrative, yet one of the most foundational is the covenant God makes with Abraham. The significance of the Abrahamic covenant will become more apparent as we journey together in this post. My goal is to reflect on the Abrahamic covenant and the way Christians are grafted into the Abrahamic…
Ordinary Pastors Connecting Theological Truths to Everyday Believers 