2015: Free Will

The 2015 Deep South Founders Conference gathered on the Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson MS Campus, January 22-24, to consider article 9 of the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith, “On Free Will,” which reads in part

“Man, by his fall into a state of sin, hath wholly lost all ability of will to any spiritual good accompanying salvation; so as a natural man, being altogether averse from that good, and dead in sin, is not able by his own strength to convert himself, or to prepare himself thereunto.”

Our keynote speaker, Dr. Tom Nettles, brought three messages on the theme. We also heard “The Will of Man After the Fall” from Stephen Hyde, “The Will of Man in Conversion” from Tom Metcalf, and “The Will of Man in the State of Glory” from Shannon Davis. A pre-conference debate, between Dr. Tom Nettles and Dr. Steven G. Smith, on Thursday evening tackled the subject “Does Man Have A Free Will”


Thursday ­ January 22, 2015

    6:30 pm ­ Evening Session

    • Free Will Debate

Friday ­ January 23, 2015

    9:30 am ­ Morning Session

    • “The Will of Man After the Fall” – Stephen Hyde
    • “Free Will” – Dr. Tom Nettles
    12:00 pm ­ Lunch (RTS Patterson Porch Cafeteria)<
    • Logos Bible Software
    • Question and Answerr with Dr. Tom Nettles
    6:30 pm ­ Evening Session

    • “The Will of Man in Conversion” -Tom Metcalf
    • “Free Will” – Dr. Tom Nettles

Saturday ­ January 24, 2015

    9:30 am ­ Morning Session

    • “The Will of Man in the State of Glory” – Shannon Davis
    • “Free Will” – Dr. Tom Nettles