Eleven Baptist Ecclesiology Texts Every Baptist Should Read
by Jesse Owens and Jake Stone In the fall of 2021, I (Jesse) had the pleasure of teaching a master’s level seminar on Baptist ecclesiology at Welch College. The course consisted primarily of reading and discussing Baptist texts in ecclesiology, many of which were from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. We read texts from General Baptists and Particular Baptists on issues such as the nature of the church, believer’s baptism,...
HSF Conversations: Dr. J. Matthew Pinson
In this episode of HSF Conversations, we talk with Dr. Matthew Pinson about his newest book 40 Questions About Arminianism, published earlier this year with Kregel Academic. HSF contributor, Jesse Owens, asks Pinson why Arminius should be considered a Reformed theologian and how the definition of what it means to be Reformed changed after the Synod of Dort. Pinson also explains how he, like Arminius, believes it necessary to put...
HSF Conversations: An Interview with Michael Haykin
In this episode of HSF Conversations, we talk with Dr. Michael Haykin about the importance of history for the Christian faith. Dr. Haykin serves as Professor of Church History and Biblical Spirituality at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is also the Director of the Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies, which promotes the study of Baptist history. Dr. Haykin is the author of numerous books including: Kiffin,...
A Borrowed Morality
You will find very few people who are unwilling to condemn Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. The news of innocent Ukrainian civilians fleeing their own country, Ukrainian orphans being forced to flee orphanages and find housing in neighboring countries, civilian fathers hugging their wives and children goodbye as they prepare for combat without knowing if they will see them again, Ukrainian maternity hospitals being...
General Baptists and the Ancient Rite of Confirmation: An Early Form of Baptist Catholicity? (Part 2)
The first part of this essay explored the defense of the laying on of hands from antiquity. The second part will look at the defense from Scripture, since neither Benjamin Keach, nor Thomas Grantham, nor John Griffith was satisfied with establishing the doctrine solely upon historical grounds. Keach explained that he “would build not upon Men or Tradition, but on the Word of God”—a sentiment which Grantham and Griffith also shared.[1]...
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