Many of us ministers were introduced to Hiscox’s writings on Baptist Church polity when we were in Bible College and Seminary. Hundreds of pages on church structure, proper order, and personal piety didn’t seem as exciting in school days as did formulas for success. But now, many years later, seeing the turmoil and reluctance in […]
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Book Genre: Theology - Baptist
The Reformers and Their Stepchildren
This 1964 Eerdman’s book is one with which I have been familiar for years but had never read cover to cover. Now, after having done so, I regret I took so long. No one who wears the name “Baptist” ought to miss this book, nor anyone who knows he cannot claim Rome or the Reformers […]
The Biblical Faith of Baptists, Vols 4 &
These are the last two of five volumes which are the printed messages at the Fundamental Baptist Congresses. My original purpose for reading these five volumes was to compare them to “The Fundamentals” preached and written a generation before (in the early 1900s). I was curious to see the similarities and the progression of thinking […]
The Biblical Faith of Baptists, Vol 3
This congress was held in my home church, Landmark Baptist Temple, Cincinnati, Ohio, the year I graduated from high school, 1968. The speakers were Tom Malone, James T. Jeremiah, Ernest Pickering, Noel Smith, Ed Nelson, Bryce Augsburger and others. This is the third of five volumes that contain all the messages in printed form. The […]
The Biblical Faith of Baptists, Vol 2
I have been reading this series of books this year. Each volume contains the messages that were preached at the Fundamental Baptist Congresses of North America, beginning in 1963 through 1974. This second volume (preached in Grand Rapids in 1966) contains messages by names such as, A.V. Henderson, Richard Clearwaters, Robert Ketchum, Monroe Parker, G.B. […]
The Fundamentals, Vol 4
The most rewarding reading for me from 2003 has been the four volumes called The Fundamentals. Though I had heard of them throughout my ministry and have heard many speakers and writers refer to them, the actual reading of them was a different experience than what I expected. Most notable (as I mentioned after reading […]
The Fundamentals, Vol 3
I have not enjoyed a set of older books in a long time as much as I have enjoyed reading this set of The Fundamentals. The first half of volume three includes articles on the nature of sin and salvation from such men as Sir Robert Anderson, C.I. Scofield, C.G. Moule and others. The second […]
The Fundamentals, Vol 2
I continue to be blessed by these 1917 writings from men such as James M. Gray, A.T. Pierson, Philip Mauro, B.B. Warfield, James Orr, and R.A. Torrey. This volume deals mostly with the deity of Christ, the inspiration of Scripture and the personality of the Holy Spirit. Four times the originals alone are said to […]
The Fundamentals, Vol 1
This reprint of the original four-volume set first published in 1917, has been made available by Baker Books since 2000. I have decided to read these volumes before the end of the year. Many people talk about these writings from which we get our name “Fundamentalists,” but I have wondered how those men actually wrote. […]
The Biblical Faith of Baptists, Vol 1
I was given this book years ago by my friend, Lon Stewart. I had read bits and pieces of it but not all at once. In light of some controversies among Baptists today, this congress was an amazing meeting. The speakers included Wendell Zimmerman, Howard Sugden, Paul Jackson, Monroe Parker, John R. Rice, Lee Roberson, […]