Favorite Books in 2024: Thinking about the Body
by Kevin Hester Conservative Protestants have been faced with significant challenges since the 1960s to respond to shifting cultural norms related to God’s creative purposes for the human body. We have seen this discussion move from the sexual revolution to feminism to abortion to homosexuality, and most recently,…
The Bible and the Body (Part 4)
by Christopher Talbot (Editor’s Note: This is the fourth and final part of a series which are based on the annual Theological Trends seminar at the 2024 National Convention. Read previous installments on the Commission website.) The Confused Culture We certainly live in a time in which ethical…
The Bible and the Body (Part 3)
by Christopher Talbot (Editor’s Note: This is part 3 in a four-part series based on Chris Talbot’s 2024 Theological Integrity seminar at the National Convention. You can click on the hyperlinks to read Part 1 or Part 2). The Body I intentionally began with Scripture’s testimony on the…
The Bible and the Body (Part 2)
by Christopher Talbot (Note: This is the second in a four-part series from our annual Convention seminar. Read Part 1 here.) As various proof texts offer insight into a larger biblical vision of the constitution of man, so is an understanding of various words used in the Bible.…
The Bible and the Body: Theological Clarity in a Confused Culture
by Christopher Talbot (Editor’s note: This is the first installment in a four-part series which reproduces Chris Talbot’s seminar from the 2024 Free Will Baptist National Convention. We are posting it in this “episode-like” format since the length of the talk is more conducive to this approach. We…