by Tim Brister | Jul 21, 2013 | Love Your Neighbor, The Forgotten Henry, The Quottable Henry
Previous on The Quotable Henry: * On Civic Engagement * The Calling of the Church * Having An Evangelical Worldview “The believer’s personal debt of love to God and his passion for the lost impel him, so that Christian activity transcends the antithesis of spiritual...
by Tim Brister | Jul 14, 2013 | Culture, The Forgotten Henry, The Quottable Henry
Previously quoted: * On Civic Engagement * The Calling of the Church “[Christianity] rejects the charge that the Fundamentalist ideology logically involves an indifference to social evils, and presses the contention that the non-evangelical ideology involves an...
by Tim Brister | Jul 7, 2013 | Culture, The Forgotten Henry, The Quottable Henry
Previously: * On Civic Engagement The Calling of the Church “If the new man is eclipsed in present daily life, and the new society is but a future vision, then contemporary alternatives to the Truth will rush in to fill the yawning gap of a plummeting world. Like a...
by Tim Brister | Jun 30, 2013 | The Forgotten Henry, The Quottable Henry
While in seminary, I devoted over a year of research on the uneasy conscience of Carl F.H. Henry. During that time, I believe I photocopied every journal and magazine article authored by Henry regarding social reform and cultural engagement. This “side...
by Tim Brister | Jan 22, 2013 | The Forgotten Henry
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Carl F.H. Henry. While in seminary, I don’t think there was another theologian who influenced me more. In my free time, I spent dozens of hours collecting all of Henry’s work in journals, magazines, and...
by Tim Brister | Nov 13, 2007 | Evangelism, Excerpts, Social Reform, The Forgotten Henry
In his book, Knowing the Holy Spirit Through the Old Testament, Christopher J.H. Wright writes about the mission of the Spirit-anointed Messiah being the mission of the church. Wright explains (emphasis mine): “Historically the church has indeed seen its mission...
