Who Is An Evangelical? A Review
Who is an evangelical? That is a complex question. We often hear the term evangelical used today in reference to American politics, but that is a very narrow (one might say misguided) understanding of historical evangelicals and evangelicalism. In Who Is an Evangelical?, Thomas Kidd attempts to answer the question historically by tracing the roots of American evangelicalism from the eighteenth century through the election of Donald...
William Jennings Bryan and the Progressive Era
American history is filled with interesting cultural changes and transformations. While we focus rightly most of our attention on the founding era or the War Between the States, other time periods are also important for understanding how the United States came to be what it is today. One such time period is the years between 1880 and 1920, which historians usually refer to as the Progressive Era. This historical moment, which is often...
The Christian Ethic of Life and Hope: Reflections on Box v. Planned Parenthood
Several years ago, reports began to emerge that trisomy 21 (Down syndrome) has practically disappeared in the country of Iceland. This is good news, ostensibly. But further investigation reveals the sinister cause: abortion. Over this past summer, Justice Clarence Thomas issued a timely and powerful concurring opinion to the Court’s per curiam decision, Box v. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, Inc. (2019), in which he...
2019 Free Will Baptist Theological Symposium in Review
by the Helwys Society The 2019 Free Will Baptist Theological Symposium was held on the campus of Welch College on October 28-29. Over the course of two days, students, professors, pastors, and denominational leaders listened carefully and responded to ten presentations, most of which had some bearing on the doctrine of the church. Attendees were from ministry contexts as diverse as Oklahoma and New York because they wanted to think...
Reflections on Ph.D. Studies
In the spring of 2018, I fulfilled the requirements for my Ph.D. in Theology and Culture. When I walked across the stage that May, it signaled the culmination of more than one season of study. In reality, it marked the completion of a fifteen-year pilgrimage in biblical, theological, and ministerial education.[1] Having that educational experience in the rearview mirror now for a year and a half, I look back with the perspective the...
Reclaiming Our Humanity from the Digital World
Does digital communication cost us something? Beyond the price of the latest iPhone, what are we paying when we opt for more convenient ways of communicating? And if we could see these costs before our eyes and weigh them in advance, would we still knowingly pay them? I recently read Cal Newport’s newest book, Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World. Newport discusses the impact of technology on people’s personal...
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