Ever since Adam’s rebellion plunged mankind under the curse of sin, humans have sought to answer the question of how to live full and flourishing lives. Historically, individuals known for providing answers to this question have been given the distinction of philosopher. At the thought of this title, most will recall thinkers like Plato, Aristotle, …
Continue...by Chet Harvey
Several years ago Christian Smith made waves with his book The Bible Made Impossible, which argued that the “pervasive interpretive pluralism” of Scripture within evangelicalism gave evidence to an inconsistent doctrine of Scripture. Other scholars such as Peter Enns and Kenton Sparks have more recently made similar arguments against the evangelical approach to Scripture. It …
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Last week there was a considerable amount of conversation generated after multiple screenshots of comments posted in a Facebook group began to circulate on the internet. The name of the group is not important, but both the content in question and the makeup of its members is. In the screenshots, very critical comments were captured …
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What resources would you recommend to women who desire to learn theology in the midst of everyday life?
Continue...Chances are, when you are meditating on the birth of Jesus this Christmas season, you are not spending a ton of time perusing the list of names in Matthew’s Gospel. But you should, for Matthew didn’t include these names at the opening of the New Testament simply because he needed a clever introduction. He’s making …
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ERLC has recently republished Carl F. H. Henry’s 1996 book, Has Democracy Had Its Day?, under our Leland House Press imprint. The republication was in conjunction with the ERLC’s latest Research Institute meeting held on October 2-3. The institute's fellows discussed the theme of Henry's book during the meeting titled, “Has Democracy Had Its Day? …
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JT English, pastor at The Village Church in Dallas, Texas, shares some practical tips for training church members theologically.
Continue...by Daniel Akin, J.T. English, Matthew J. Hall, Phillip Bethancourt, R. Albert Mohler
Phillip Bethancourt moderates a discussion between J.T. English, Albert Mohler, Danny Akin, and Matt Hall at the Southern Baptist Convention Pre-Conference in Dallas, Texas, on June 9, 2018.
Continue...On today’s episode, I discuss the topic of public theology with one of my good friends, Bruce Ashford. “Public Theology” is a term you probably hear very often, but have little context for what, exactly, is included in the category of “Public Theology.” Bruce Ashford is Provost and Professor of Theology & Culture at Southeastern Baptist …
Continue...Many early Baptists were heavily involved in political life, at both local and national levels. For them, political involvement was often a matter of survival—17th century British government, in both England and the American colonies, did not separate church and state. Anyone who departed in belief or practice from England’s sanctioned state religion, the Anglican …
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