2017 Symposium in Review
We recently enjoyed an excellent symposium. In subsequent weeks, we will be providing summaries, video content, and further reflection on the presentations given at our meeting. For today, enjoy Jesse Owens’ excellent paper on the English General Baptists. Jesse Owens: English General Baptists: The Arminian Anti-rationalists…
Commission Blog Content Returns Soon
by Theological Commission Regular blog content from the Commission for Theological Integrity will return soon. In the meantime, the Commission reminds readers of the annual Symposium to be held on the campus of Welch College in Gallatin, Tennessee. Sessions will begin on the evening of October 23, and…
Don’t Sleep, There Are Snakes: A Reflection
by W. Jackson Watts Recently I read Tom Wolfe’s latest work, The Kingdom of Speech. Wolfe is well-known and controversial journalist who has authored fiction and non-fiction works on a range of subjects. In the aforementioned title, a sort of exploration into philosophy, science, linguistics, and history, Wolfe…
Niebuhr on Theological Education
by W. Jackson Watts It is common to modern American religious experience to consider the relationship between the Church and the Academy. Specifically, what is the proper relationship between local churches and Christian colleges, universities, and/or theological seminaries? I’m often interested to see how people from the past…
A Book Worth Your Time
by Randy Corn Getting Religion. By Kenneth Woodward. New York, NY: Convergent Books, 2016. 466 pages, $14.90 ebook. In 1976 I was twenty years old and had my first opportunity to cast a ballot in a presidential election. I voted for Jimmy Carter, largely because of the furor…