This Day in History: Kennedy, Lewis, and Huxley
Friday, November 22, 1963 witnessed the deaths of three men—first C. S. Lewis (5:30 p.m., GMT), then John F. Kennedy (1:21 p.m., CST), and finally Aldous Huxley (5:21 p.m., PST). Today marks the 50th anniversary. Though these men’s deaths are a great piece of historical irony; the fact is that they dominated their respective fields and, as such, they warrant our attention. In this article, I will consider, first, what contributions...
Interview with Timothy George
Recently, the Helwys Society Forum had the opportunity to interview Dr. Timothy George, Dean of Beeson Divinity School at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. The interview covered everything from poetry to books to the reformers to Calvinism/Arminianism to ecclesiology to the Manhattan Declaration to seminaries to education to more. Check it out below. _______________________________________ Helwys Society Forum (“HSF”): We...
A “Labor Day” Article
Today is Labor Day, September 2, 2013, a day on which we celebrate the American, working class. Labor Day Weekend is typically marked by a number of celebrations. At the top of the list is that much-deserved day off of work. This often includes Labor Day sales, outdoor festivities, and the liberal consumption of food and football. While Christians certainly appreciate the break from work, many are still left wondering: What...
Missions and the Early Church: Christianity a Religion of Mission
July 2013 marks our “Global Evangelism Month.” In this week’s article, we’re considering missions in the early church. We’ll examine the world in which the early church found itself, and its impressive growth in just a few centuries. We’ll also consider what early church missions can teach us today, and discover that Christianity is fundamentally a religion of mission. Setting the Stage To better appreciate the early church missions...
Clouds of Witnesses: A Review
Historian Mark Noll is typically noted for his work in American religious history. In 2011, however, he broke pattern with Clouds of Witnesses, a book about missions. Co-written with Carolyn Nystrom, they survey seventeen, lesser-known missionaries from Africa, India, Korea, and China. In exploring these missionaries, Noll and Nystrom challenge American readers’ conceptions of what missions looks like and how it’s done. Although this...
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