A View from Nowhere: The Overlooked Problem of Entertainment Culture
by Frank and Christa Thornsbury All culture everywhere expresses thought; that is, all culture everywhere expresses a vision of what makes life worth living. Culture is always an attempt at making collective aesthetic and moral judgments. For instance, Homer’s Iliad expresses the ancient Greek sense of the good life by illustrating the virtues of courage and of the love of family and country. Shakespeare’s histories provide dramatic...
An Apology for the Arts
If you’ve been following the Helwys Society Forum for any amount of time, you’ve likely seen that we like to write about the arts. We’ve written about music, film, painting, literature, dance, and more. You may have wondered why we include such articles on a forum that so frequently deals with important theological issues and ministry matters. This puzzlement may be the result of your thinking that art is all well and good but not all...
Love and Marriage and Literature
I’ll be getting married this June. Thus, I have been thinking about what love is; how I should love well; what a good, Biblical marriage looks like; and how I should live as a wife. Fortunately, I have not been left alone in my search for answers to these questions. God, in His grace and sovereignty, grants His children insight into these matters through a variety of means. First, I am thankful most of all that God Himself has given...
A Trip to the Art Museum
Premise Together, the man and woman ascend the granite steps to the art museum. It’s early in their dating relationship, and though they are new to one another, they share old ideas. They also know they are in for something quite interesting, to put it mildly. The exhibit focuses on American art produced during and following the year 2000. Together, they walk through the galleries filled with paintings and sculptures, machines and...
Women’s Ministry Matters
At long last, the lone female HSF contributor is writing a piece about women’s issues! When I first returned to Nashville in 2014, I needed to find a church to join and to serve. The Lord led me to Sylvan Park Free Will Baptist Church (SPFWB) where I immediately felt as if I belonged and quickly grew to love the congregation. At the time, though, there weren’t any specific women’s ministries. Of course, we would prepare food and meals...
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