by Jackson Watts Recently I was perusing an older edition of Integrity, the theological journal which the Commission for Theological Integrity occasionally publishes (back issues available in PDF form here). I especially enjoyed reading an article written by Dr. Jeff Turnbough on culture as a missiological concept. Turnbough remarks that in recent years he has given a lot of consideration …
Keep Readingby J. Matthew Pinson I often enjoy reading Reformation21, a blog of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals. But I recently read a blog post by Mark Jones entitled “Arminian vs. Reformed on Justification” that diverged from the very careful analysis usually found on that Calvinist blog and in Mr. Jones’s other posts. In an endorsement of my forthcoming book, Arminian …
Keep Readingby Theological Commission While the Memorial Day weekend has now officially passed for most, the Theological Commission would like to acknowledge this valuable civic holiday, and the important reflections and sentiments it is designed to provoke. As Christians, we recognize that our most significant freedom–freedom from sin, the law, death, and hell–was purchased at calvary through the shed blood of Jesus. …
Keep Readingby Kevin Hester I was not the student to whom my fellow commission member, Rev. Randy Corn, referred in his recent post The First Word on Last Things, but I could have been. My attitude about eschatology was one that saw it only as an intramural Christian debate over the interpretation of a number of vague Biblical references in apocalyptic …
Keep Readingby. W. Jackson Watts It has often been thought that there was a fundamental core of Christian teaching that has united orthodox believers through the ages. I tend to think this is not only historically the case, but theologically essential. Indeed, while we may debate the relative importance of certain issues, those doctrines which are tied most closely with the …
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