Christ & His Church
I recently came across this beautiful passage where Martin Luther remarks on Christ and His bride, the Church: “Here this rich and divine bridegroom Christ marries this poor, wicked harlot, redeems her from all her evil, and adorns her with all His goodness. Her sins cannot now destroy her, since they are laid upon Christ and swallowed up by Him. And she has that righteousness in Christ, her husband, of which she may boast as of...
Living Today in Light of Tomorrow: Isaiah’s Theology of Redemption and Renewal
“What’s troubling you right now?” Ask nearly anyone this question, and invariably they’ll tell you about their difficulties—family problems, financial hardships, work issues, and a whole host of others. In fact, some are so eager to share their woes that they’ll volunteer them, even without your asking (think of that stranger on the airplane who wouldn’t stop talking). “If only this,” and, “If only that,” they’ll say, as if things...
Resolved
Too often I think we think of Jonathan Edwards as being that “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” guy. In fact, he was much more. I once heard an interviewee on NPR remark that Edwards was one of the top five intellectual persons that America has ever produced. He wrote the following when he was just nineteen-years-old: “Resolved, to endeavor to my utmost to deny whatever is not most agreeable to a good, and universally sweet and...
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...
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