Merry Christmas from the Commission

by Theological Commission 2017 has been another wonderful year to serve you, your church, and our movement through our mutual commitment to theological integrity. We pray that the Lord will richly bless you in this holiday season, and give you a safe, happy, and fruitful 2018!

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Our Favorite Books in 2017

by Theological Commission Members of the Commission for Theological Integrity enjoy a good book as much as anyone. This year has afforded each of us the opportunity to read a number of titles, some published more recently and others published in prior years. This post features a couple of favorite books by each Commission member. Note that while our mention …

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Symposium Recap –  Matthew McAffee on Divine Judgment in the Old Testament World

by Kevin L. Hester Dr. Matthew McAffee, Provost of Welch College, provided one of the more technical and stimulating papers at the 2017 Theological Symposium. His paper entitled, “Losing Favor with the Gods: Divine Judgment in the Old Testament World” analyzed Northwestern Semitic funerary and monument inscriptions to shed light on certain understandings of death and judgment in the region. …

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Symposium Recap – Matthew Bracey on Faith and Scholarship

by W. Jackson Watts Matthew Bracey’s Symposium paper really scratched a personal itch of mine, which is the relationship between faith and scholarship. Specifically, my good friend helped the audience think about this as a mutually-reinforcing enterprise to which all Christians are called. Though he outlines several definitions of faith, and a few of scholarship, Bracey essentially means a committed …

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Free Will Baptists and Evangelical Scholarship

by Theological Commission Two years ago a post appeared on this blog that noted the relationship between Free Will Baptists and evangelical scholarship. This was specifically in reference to there being four presenters at the National Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society who serve Free Will Baptist churches and/or entities. This year’s meeting took place two weeks ago in Providence, …

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