Last month, my sister and I met Roger Hayden in Bristol, England. We were interested in learning more about the Bristol Baptist College, the oldest Baptist Bible college in the world, as well as seeing the Broadmead Baptist Church which has housed and partnered with the college since its beginning. Hayden has been pastor and […]
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Emerging Worship
The sub-title is: Creating Worship Gatherings for New Generations. This book is a defense of emerging worship and also a guide book for those wishing to start such a service. Kimball does the typical and predictable things which all emerging church writers do. He speaks kindly toward “seeker” people and very unkindly toward conservatives. He […]
The Work God Blesses
Oswald Jeffery Smith was born November 8, 1889 in Ontario Canada. He lived until January 25, 1986. As a boy his mother sent him to Toronto to hear R.A. Torrey preach and he went forward and was saved. After spending his early days in evangelism, he started a church in 1934 that came to be […]
Absolutely Free
Written in 1989, this book has been the declaration voice of the Free Grace Movement. At that time Hodges was the long-time professor of New Testament Greek at Dallas Seminary. Since his departure from that seminary he has been influential in founding and writing for the Grace Evangelical Society (GES) which advocates the Free Grace […]
Paul and the Intellectuals
It has been years since I preached through the book of Colossians and therefore years since I read through Robertson’s great commentary on that book. In preaching though Colossians this summer, I have reread this book with great appreciation. These individual commentaries are much more satisfying than his Word Pictures (which can be very helpful […]
The Archaeological Study Bible
Understanding a work of literature by determining the author’s intent and perspective is a critical element in the study of all primary literature. Any worthwhile teacher would fail a student who assumed the theme or intent of a literary work on his own terms without delving into the author’s purpose in writing the work. We […]
The Baptists in Scotland
I have found David Bebbington an interesting and thorough historian especially of English and Scottish Baptist history. My specific interest in this book was the beginning and growth of the Baptists in this land of Presbyterianism and Catholicism. That beginning could be viewed from three directions. The first, and probably the oldest, is the influence […]
The Silence of God
Many of us have been blessed by Sir Robert Anderson’s writings over the years. Some months ago I reviewed his Types In Hebrews which is also part of the “Sir Robert Anderson Library Series” by Kregel. I think The Silence Of God is a vital subject for today’s church. Anderson (1841-1918) explained that it was […]
What is Faith?
Machen wrote this defense of the fundamental faith of Christians in 1925, two years after his more famous Christianity and Liberalism. If the old adage is true, “Read one older book for every two new books,” I would add “unless you read Machen.” Then, you ought to read one of his for each modern book […]
The Great Worship Awakening
This is a 2002 book by the pastor of a large Presbyterian church in San Antonio and former professor at Fuller Seminary. It is a defense of the blended worship module with a strong kinship to the convergence movement. The sub-title is: “Singing a new song in the postmodern church.” Redman always quotes Robert Webber […]