A Newlywed Perspective on Ephesians 5:22-33
by Chris & Rebekah Talbot The music cued and she turned the corner to walk down the aisle in front of me. I waited patiently on stage as I saw my bride for the first time that day. She was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen. Dressed elegantly in her ivory dress, I resisted my tears and choked down that lump in my throat more than once. I can recount it like it was only yesterday—in part, because it hasn’t been all that long....
Culture & the Kingdom: Forum13 Bible Conference
Forum13, Welch College’s annual Bible Conference, is arguably one of the greatest resources freely available to the Free Will Baptist (“FWB”) denomination. With past speakers including Mike McKinley, Mark Dever, Voddie Baucham, Harry Reeder III, and Russell Moore, it is easy to see why. This year’s two-day conference was no exception. As patrons of FWB events and eager students of church and ministry, we thought it beneficial to recap...
Reforming Youth Ministry
A LifeWay study recorded that 70% of young adults stop attending church after graduating from high school [1]. Another study in TIME said that 61% of churched teenagers leave church to never return [2]. Whatever one’s theological leanings, these statistics are sobering for any Christian to hear. They beg the question, “Why the mass exodus from the Church?” Books and speakers of decades past heralded entertainment-driven pragmatism as...
Remembering the Heidelberg Catechism
Four hundred and fifty years ago on January 19th, the Heidelberg Catechism was finished. What is the Heidelberg Catechism? And what does it have to do with Free Will Baptists, you might ask? What Is the Heidelberg Catechism? Due to the introduction of Protestantism in the 15th century, strong tensions developed between the Lutherans and Calvinists. To end the religious disputes in his region, Frederick III of Simmern (Elector...
Mere Christmas
“‘The White Witch? Who is she?’, ‘Why, it is she that has got all Narnia under her thumb. It’s she that makes it always winter and never Christmas; think of that!’ ‘How awful!’ said Lucy” [1]. One of the greatest dystopias that C. S. Lewis could imagine under an evil tyrant was an eternal winter—with no Christmas. The very thought of it brings us back to childhood threats of receiving coal rather than candy. Narnia’s bitter,...
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