Category: Academic Writing

• 23 Aug 2022

  Hermeneutics and Faithful Interpretation

  

  By: Dustin Walters hûr-mə-nōōʹtiks: the science of the methods of exegesis Faithful interpretation is inseparable from good hermeneutics. Expressed another way, one cannot interpret a text faithfully without considering the process involved. We do hermeneutics whether we realize it or not. We engage in the hermeneutic process subconsciously, yet to become better interpreters of any…
• 26 Jul 2022

  Thomas Helwys: His Life and Legacy

  

  By Matt Honeycutt Thomas Helwys, (c.1575-1616), was an English lawyer, theologian, lay leader, and Reformed Arminian. He is also the founder of the first known Baptist church, and one of the primary joint progenitors of Baptist ecclesiology and the modern Baptist movement.[1] Although he did not distinguish himself as a General Baptist in name, Helwys…
• 24 Nov 2020

  A Personal Conception of Expository Preaching

  Introduction Preaching is the means through which humans encounter the living God and are equipped to live as His covenant people. The spiritual health of the Christian and the Church is related to faithful biblical exposition. Mark Dever considers expositional preaching the first mark of a healthy church. [1] He contends that “Christian preachers today…