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Faith & Message
by Noah R. Hunt
Study sound learning from Southern Baptist heritage, and seek to win the lost to Christ.
Episodes
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Salvation - God’s Purpose, Proof, Pt. 1 OT
Beginning with Genesis 12:1–5, WT Conner proves the Old Testament teaching on the doctrine of election. This passage will serve as a key text for understanding Conner's reading of the Bible, his understanding of the relationship between the Old and New Testaments, his view of God's kingdom, and…
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Salvation - God’s Purpose, Eternality
In describing God’s eternal purpose to save individuals, Conner blended individual and corporate election. His thought may be stated in a congruent view of election in which God uses means in time to secure the salvation of all who will desire to be saved, while not saving those who will not…
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Salvation - God’s Purpose, Efficiency
W. T. Conner kept the balance between God’s sovereignty and man’s freedom. While God alone saves, Conner guards human volition, response, and self-determination against false concepts of a deterministic, fatalistic, magical, and non-ethical deity. Man, called by the Holy Spirit, is free to…
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Salvation - God’s Purpose, Individual
While some Calvinistic authors seek to portray W. T. Conner as affirming the five major points of their system, a close reading of his work shows that he is broadly Protestant and deeply evangelical. Even though Conner adheres to a nuanced doctrine of unconditional election, his teaching on the...
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Salvation - God’s Purpose, Evidence
W. T. Conner saw God’s purpose of Salvation evidenced in three distinct movements: (1) religious history, (2) Old Testament teaching and history, and (3) the life of Jesus Christ. Discover how God’s fixed purpose, in three separate parts, draws to complete realization in Christ, the Messiah.
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Salvation - God’s Purpose
W. T. Conner agreed with Princeton theologians that there was nothing deeper in the mind and purpose of God than His purpose to redeem. This was evidenced in that God’s final revelation in Christ as Savior and Lord matched purposefully with man’s greatest need , salvation from sin.
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Sin - Death
W. T. Conner traced the biblical concept of death from the Law to the Gospels and from the Epistles to the Apocalypse. He understood sin’s penalty as spiritual death and natural death as the summation and consummation of natural evil.
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Sin - Suffering
In his treatment of sin and the suffering it causes in the world, W. T. Conner shows God using sin as part of his redemptive purpose in Christ. See how W. T. Conner reads the Bible as a story of God redeeming sin and suffering through the blood of the Lamb, slain before the foundation of the world.
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Sin - Social
Building on Christ the cornerstone as his foundation, W. T. Conner anchored his view of social justice in theology. Sin is the source of all social injustice. Christ is the source of all social reconciliation, first between man and God and then between man and man.
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Sin - Results, Moral Degradation
Challenging the progressive philosophy of his age, W. T. Conner teaches from Paul’s epistle to the church in Rome that morality without religion is a falling tower doomed to degradation. Renewed spiritual life in God is the only remedy for man’s immorality.
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Sin - Results, Alienation
If, as the Doxology Hymn reminds us, all blessings flow from God and sin separates us from God, the separation of sin naturally results in alienation from God. W. T. Conner taught that the goodness of God is not in a person apart from spiritual recreation in Christ.
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Sin - Nature, Infant Salvation
W. T. Conner appealed to general evangelical theological consensus when making his case for infant salvation. While Conner does not cite his influences, it is likely he referred to the theologians he often cited like the Scottish Congregationalist P. T. Forsyth and fellow Southern Baptist E. Y....
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Sin - Nature, Hereditary
Like E. Y. Mullins before him, W. T. Conner nuances the traditional understanding of original sin and total depravity. Conner - while describing children with the label “sinner” - refrains from teaching inborn guilt for Adam’s sin, arguing that slavery to sin’s evil forces and the natural human...
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Sin - Nature, Universal
The Apostle Paul taught that no one is righteous, because all have turned away from God. W. T. Conner described this as the universality of sin.
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Sin - Nature, Servitude
W. T. Conner highlighted Jesus’ and Paul’s emphasis on the servitude of sin. He pointed to John 8:32-36 and Romans 6-7 as the basis for his discussion.
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Sin - Nature, Depravity
W. T. Conner did not teach that sin was constituent in human nature but inherent in it. It wasn’t the extent of sin that poisoned human spiritual life but the nature of sin that cut humans off from God.
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Sin - Nature, Guilt
W. T. Conner described human sin as one’s guilt in relation to a holy God. Study Conner’s view of human accountability before God in view of His illuminating revelation.
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Sin - Nature, Unbelief The Essence Of Sin
Southern Baptist Theologian W. T. Conner taught that unbelief was at the heart of sin. Selfishness, Conner reasoned, was at the heart of unbelief. He taught that people could finally reject the Spirit and blaspheme God, calling evil good and good evil.
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Sin - Nature, Willfulness Implies Knowledge
Based on his reading of Paul’s letter to the Romans, W. T. Conner linked sin with man’s knowledge of God’s revelation . God’s moral law shines on human transgressions and the grace of Christ lights up the darkness.
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Sin - Nature, Wilfulness
Sin is rebellion against the will of God. W. T. Conner starts his study of the doctrine of sin with an understanding of man’s willfulness. Conner distinguishes his teaching from mechanistic theological determinism, providing instead for a real will in man.
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The Trinity - Interpretation of Facts, Pt. 4 Eternal Not Temporal
Along with A. M. Fairbairn, W. T. Conner stood for the orthodox Christian doctrine of God’s eternal fatherhood and Christ’s eternal sonship based on historic Christian revelation. To Conner, God’s revelation trumps human theory.
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The Trinity - Interpretation of Facts, Pt. 3 Person
In W. T. Conner’s estimation, a person is one who is able to give themselves and share themselves lovingly with others. This is the way Conner applied the word person to the Trinity.
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The Trinity - Interpretation of Facts, Trinity Pt. 2 Work of Each Includes Work of Others
W. T. Conner went out of his way to defend against tritheism. This view of the Trinity emphasizes the separation within the Trinity to the point of devaluing the unity of God within the Trinity.
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The Trinity - Interpretation of Facts, Trinity Pt. 1 Work of Father, Son & Spirit Each of God
Conner takes his stand on the Trinity as the true method of interpreting the Christian facts. He stands by this truth, stating that the work of Christ and the Holy Spirit is as much the work of God as is the work of the Father.
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The Trinity - Interpretation of Facts, Tritheist
There cannot be three individuals who are infinite and absolute in nature. Much of the popular speaking and writing on the Trinity comes dangerously close to tritheism, as if God were three individuals gathered around a table in agreement.
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The Trinity - Interpretation of Facts, Modalist
Modalism paints Father, Son and Spirit as three modes or representations of God. Why, asks Conner, would God choose to be represented in only three ways rather than more or less than three unless His was a triune nature?
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The Trinity - Interpretation of Facts, Unitarian
Was Jesus Christ only a man or is He eternal belonging within the unity of the Godhead? Jesus said “I and the Father are one.”
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The Trinity - Four Interpretations of Facts
W. T. Conner defines the four major theories or solutions to what is perceived to be the Trinitarian problem. The Triune Theory is the theory which best depicts the Biblical facts.
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The Trinity - Unity: Two Other Doctrines
W. T. Conner taught that the personality of the Holy Spirit and the Trinity were two doctrines that followed from the deity of Jesus Christ. Students of the Bible will realize that there is life-movement in the Godhead as they learn about Jesus Christ and His personal Spirit.
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The Trinity - Unity: Diversity Becomes Trinity
The Trinity - veiled in the Old Testament in diversity - is distinguishable in the New Testament and in Christian Experience. W. T. Conner helps us to see how the diverse God of the Old Testament impacts our lives as Christians today.
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The Trinity - Unity: Diversity
The Trinity is one. The Trinity is diverse. W. T. Conner defends this reality for the Old Testament.
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The Trinity - Unity: Fundamental
W. T. Conner argued the unity of God is fundamental in Biblical revelation. To drift from this view is to drift from scriptural Christian doctrine.
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The Trinity
W. T. Conner upheld an orthodox view of the Trinity in a theological era abandoned to progressive ideology and liberalization. His work deserves our attention.
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Spirit of God - Relation to Church: Inspire & Guide, Worship & Work
W. T. Conner reconciled spirituality and worship without succumbing to the pitfalls of early twentieth century Pentecostalism. See how Conner understood the Biblical tension between order and ardor.
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Spirit of God - Relation to Church: Fellowship In Jesus
According to Conner, spiritual fellowship among believers precedes identity as a church. Are you a vital part of a fellowship of believers?
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Spirit of God - Relation to Service: Terms Describing Work
W. T. Conner’s focus touches on the prophecies of the Spirit’s coming, but he ultimately revels in the power available to believers in the Spirit. Conner does not remain rapt at Pentecost but points on to the Spirit-filled life of service. The Spirit is a sovereign gift given by God to men.
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Spirit of God - Relation to Salvation: Consummation
W. T. Conner taught that salvation from beginning to end is attributed to the Spirit of God in relation to Christ. Conner’s warm-hearted evangelical doctrine harmonizes with the New Hampshire Confession and its related confessional statement, the Baptist Faith & Message. Southwestern Seminary’s...
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Spirit of God - Relation to Salvation: Assurance
Assurance is rooted in the Spirit of adoption. When believers consciously possess the Spirit of God, W. T. Conner argues, they are delivered from fear and legalism. Believers are more than slaves to law. Believers are adopted children of God. We can be sure of that!
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Spirit of God - Relation To Salvation: Renewal
Some assert the relation of the Spirit of God to man’s saving renewal is the great distinguishing mark between mens’ unique understandings of Christian Doctrine. Conner’s assessment brings clarity to the terminology and to the relationship between God’s Spiritual leading and man’s response in faith.
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Spirit of God - Relation to Salvation: Conviction
W. T. Conner understood the Spirit’s act of making men realize their sin and seek after righteousness as a personal leading. When we ask “What should we do?” the inspired Scriptures reply “Repent and be baptized!”
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Spirit of God - Relation to Christ: The Glorified Christ Imparts
John chronicles the coming of the Holy Spirit to God’s people (Jn 1:32-34; 15:26; 20:19-23). W. T. Conner helps students see the Spirit as Christ’s spiritual presence.
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Spirit of God - Relation to Christ: Life & Ministry Under Power of the Spirit
Jesus was baptized, worked miracles, and preached in the anointing of the Holy Spirit. Learn from W. T. Conner the danger of rejecting the Spirit of God.
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Spirit of God - Relation to God: Personal
W. T. Conner taught that the Spirit of God is a personal helper or companion. He has a mind, feelings, and a will. We experience Him personally through holiness, guidance, and calling.
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Spirit of God - Relation to God: Of God
We often read about the Spirit of God in the Old and New Testament. Discover the energy and power of God as we unpack the nature of the Holy Spirit.
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Spirit of God - Relation to God: Meaning
What do we mean when we talk about the “Spirit” of God? W. T. Conner answers this question by looking at the Bible’s use of the term.
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Spirit of God
God’s essence is spiritual. The Spirit of God is divine in both Old and New Testaments of the Bible. To understand God’s Spirit personally we must see Him in relationship with God the Father and God the Son, the reflection of God’s glory.
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Doctrine of God - Relation To World: Transcendent Yet Immanent
W. T. Conner taught that unless God was at the same time over and above the world yet integral to and in the world, the world was godless. Rest assured, God is working out His purpose of redemption in the world through His Son, Jesus Christ.
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Doctrine of God - Relation To World: Preserver
W. T. Conner argues that Biblical writers represent God’s preservation of the universe as one of His specific functions in relation to the world. Discover why God holds all things together.
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Doctrine of God - Relation To World: Creator
God created the heavens and the earth. He willed the universe into being, and the Bible is the valid account of His creative act.
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Doctrine of God - Moral Nature: Love pt. 7 God’s Nature
Is love an incidental characteristic in God’s nature, or is it necessary? Discover the answer as W. T. Conner develops three ways God’s love relates to His nature.
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Study sound learning from Southern Baptist heritage, and seek to win the lost to Christ.
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