A Christmas Message from the Commission
In the days leading up to Christmas and New Year’s Eve, most Americans are at their busiest time of the year. Last-minute gifts are purchased, parties are put on, and a busy travel season continues. The members of the Theological Commission recognize these patterns as our lives reflect this…
Daniel Whitby on the Warning Passages in Hebrews
by J. Matthew Pinson Recently I was reading an old book from Daniel Whitby entitled A Discourse Concerning the True Import of the Words Election and Reprobation (1710). Whitby was a well-known Anglican Arminian in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. His works are (in)famous for eliciting…
The Necessity of Thinking Hard: Part 1
by Rodney Holloman Recently, after attending my first Theological Symposium outside of graduate school, a friend asked me why I chose to go and participate. I simply replied that as a member of our Commission for Theological Integrity, I needed to be there. The Symposium was academically challenging…
Thanksgiving Message
by the Commission for Theological Integrity This week is a special week for perhaps all of us as we travel or welcome in travelers, prepare our favorite dishes, and consider God’s many blessings on us and our families. We know this holiday as ‘Thanksgiving.’ Though Thanksgiving is a civil holiday–that is, it is nationally recognized…
The First Word on Last Things
by Randy Corn “Mr. Corn, I just don’t understand why we have to study this stuff.” That was the objection of a student at Welch College where I served as an adjunct Bible instructor. The “stuff” was an introductory overview to eschatology (the doctrine of the last things)…