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Mar 15

Lemuel Haynes and The Right Preaching of Justice by Jared C. Wilson

At once a Christian may feel drawn toward a sub-gospel approach to justice issues, in which doctrine takes a back seat to human concerns of flourishing and liberation, or equally drawn toward a non-applicational theology that divorces the gospel from its social implications. Haynes is a model way out of this false dichotomy.

Mar 31

John Mark Yeats on How We Benefit From Knowing Our Past by John Mark Yeats

Series: Conversations

FTC.co asks Dr. John Mark Yeats, Dean of Students and Professor of Church History at MBTS, "How would Christians benefit in the future from know our past?"

Nov 12

Episode 070: The Most Significant Figure in American Church History You’ve Never Heard Of by Jared C. Wilson and Ronni Kurtz

On this episode of the For The Church Podcast, Jared Wilson and Ronni Kurtz discuss a pioneering pastor from American church history who is woefully unknown.

May 23

Was George Whitefield a Christian? by Jared C. Wilson

What do we make of the fact that the man who was perhaps the greatest preacher in American history and is still one of evangelicalism's favorite heroes owned slaves and propagated slavery?

Sep 26

The Man Who Died for the Lord’s Supper by Benjamin Hawkins

Frith's call for Christian love doesn’t mean that he saw doctrinal debates about the Lord’s Supper as unimportant. 

Sep 26

The Man Who Died for the Lord’s Supper by Benjamin Hawkins

Frith's call for Christian love doesn’t mean that he saw doctrinal debates about the Lord’s Supper as unimportant. 

Sep 21

4 Important Lessons from Charles Spurgeon’s Conversion by Allen Nelson

What if instead of making services about the altar, the priority of the gospel invitation was attached to the exhortation from Scripture?

Feb 12

Pastor, Take Courage in the Historical Jesus! by Todd Chipman

Archaeology does not, has not and will never prove Christianity as a system of faith—nor can it disprove the textual evidence of the New Testament. 

Feb 22

Join the New England Study Tour This May! by Staff

Walk where Edwards and Whitefield walked, visit everywhere from Yale to Harvard and coastal Maine to rural Vermont, meet with local pastors and church planters, and even enjoy some local eateries and coffee.

Jan 17

Who is a criminally under-appreciated figure in church history we should know more about? by David Prince

We ask David Prince, "Who is a criminally under-appreciated figure in church history we should know more about?"