Some years ago I bought this 25 volume set of books at a used book store. It is full of great speeches from history including many English and American statesmen. I have finished six volumes and would love to get to the rest, but life is only so long. Volume six has Washington’s First Inaugural […]
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John A Broadus: A Living Legacy
This new biography was written in 2008, so it is not “new” but is most recent. John Broadus (1827-1895) was one of the founders of Southern Seminary and was a preacher, author, and seminary professor. Most students today would know him as the author of one of the most enduring textbooks on homiletics, Preparation and […]
One In Hope And Doctrine: Origins of Ba...
One In Hope And Doctrine: Origins of Baptist Fundamentalism 1870-1950Kevin Bauder and Robert Delnay have delivered a long awaited story of fundamentalism written by fundamentalists. Both men are contemporaries and well known among today’s associations, fellowships, schools, and churches. The book is a 2014 Regular Baptist Press volume. If the book has a primary focus […]
Discovering Baptist History Tour
Discovering Baptist History from Rick Shrader on Vimeo. These are highlights of our Baptist History Trips to England and Scotland
Mary Slobodian: 1931 – 2014
On July 22, Mary Slobodian, wife of BIEM and Baptist Global Mission founder, Peter Slobodian, passed into eternity. She went to join her husband, Peter, with the Lord, peacefully at her home in Gladstone, Missouri. She was 83 and is survived by 3 children, 11 grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren. The funeral service was on Saturday, July […]
The Origin of Paul’s Religion
I have always loved reading Machen so I couldn’t resist reading this lesser known book. Machen was assistant professor of New Testament literature and exegesis at Princeton Theological Seminary. These lectures were delivered in 1921 at Union Theological Seminary. I must confess that it is the most difficult book that I have read from Machen. […]
Victorian Nonconformity
This is a 2011 update of a 1992 book. I read this edition on Kindle. I always enjoy Bebbington on Baptist and Church history. This book explains the reasons for “chapels” in England to be “nonconformist” (or “Dissenters”) during the late nineteenth century, the “Victorian” era. Besides the obvious doctrinal reasons for independent churches to […]
Our Lives, Our Fortunes & Our Sacred Hon
When I saw my father-in-law reading this book I commented that it looked interesting and so I was graciously given the book when he finished reading it. It is the story of how the American colonies became the United States and then how they separated from Great Britain and issued their Declaration of Independence. The […]
Saints and Strangers
I have owned a copy of this 1945 history book for a number of years but had not read it until this Thanksgiving season. Born in Colorado, Willison (1896-1972) specialized in American history. He even wrote the CliffsNotes for The Federalist and also for Pilgrim’s Progress. Sometimes it is hard to read a lengthy history book (this being […]
Killing Kennedy
I am reading the trilogy by O’Reilly of Killing Lincoln, which I enjoyed very much, Killing Kennedy, which I finally enjoyed at the end, and, later this year, Killing Jesus, which I am in doubt about. Kennedy was a unique American President, of which there is no doubt. He was the first Catholic president coming from a well-to-do […]