Special Thursday Post: Pinson Interview at The Gospel Coalition
by Theological Commission Recently Commission Chairman Matt Pinson was featured in an interview at the Gospel Coalition, a well-known Reformed-evangelical organization known for their website, podcast, and national conference. In this interview, Pinson is given a platform to further articulate the unique theology of Free Will Baptists. We encourage our…
Legal and Religious Liberty Implications of the Supreme Court Decision on Same-sex Marriage (Part III of V)
by Matthew Steven Bracey In part II, having considered how we’ve gotten to the state in which we find ourselves in part I, we began asking where we go from here, and considering religious liberty in particular. We’ll continue that with this post. Religious Liberty Threatened Chai Feldblum…
News from the 2016 Convention
by Theological Commission Recently the Commission for Theological Integrity was pleased to be a part of the 2016 FWB National Association meeting in Kansas City, Missouri. This was the 80th meeting of the National Association, and the first time the Convention had met in Kansas City since 2004.…
Who’s Afraid of the Word “Synergist”?
by Matthew Pinson A Theological Dirty Word Recently I’ve noticed that, over the past century, Arminians have increasingly used the word “synergist” to describe themselves, rather than seeing it as a negative epithet, as most Christian theologians have. I have blogged before here about how Arminians are “not necessarily synergists,”…
Individual Election, Corporate Election, and Arminianism
by Matthew Pinson There is a flurry of activity at present from quarters in the Arminian theological community on the doctrine of corporate election. The exponents of this view are able and must be reckoned with, both by Calvinists and Arminians who emphasize the individual, personal nature of…