Political and cultural conservatives have spent the last several decades sounding alarms about the state of the family in our society. We can easily find a slew of articles or podcasts bemoaning the rise of single motherhood, sexual libertinism, pornography, and abortion. However, as Wendell Berry noted in the early 1990s, these “conservative” defenses of […]| Helwys Society Forum
In our winter 2025 Recommended Books post, senior contributor Jesse F. Owens praised Alex DiPrima’s Spurgeon and the Poor: How the Gospel Compels Christian Social Concern for its call to Christian social action. His laudatory summary caught my eye. These kinds of exhortations are exactly what we need to bring before our fellow believers. We […]| Helwys Society Forum
In a previous post, I gave a brief biographical sketch of the Free Will Baptist farmer-preacher John R. Gower, who served in the Cumberland Association in Middle Tennessee during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In this essay, we will explore how the cultural context of Gower’s life informs our understanding of the temperance […]| Helwys Society Forum
In this episode of HSF Conversations, senior contributor and associate editor Phillip T. Morgan discusses with retired Lieutenant Colonel Dr. Richard E. Myrick what it is like for a Christian to serve in the military, the unique opportunities and challenges that military life offers, and how churches can best minister to those serving in the […]| Helwys Society Forum
Much of the history of Free Will Baptists in the nineteenth century is limited to analyzing the events that occurred within the movement but fails to connect the hopes, dreams, pursuits, and fears of our movement fully to the broader cultural and political context. In this essay, I provide some context to the culture of […]| Helwys Society Forum
