David W. Bebbington
The Doctrines of Grace in an Unexpected Place
History & Biography
“The Brethren, the vigorous Evangelical movement that sprang into existence in the years around 1830, repudiated systematic Calvinism as mere human speculation. They were insistent that they embraced the teaching of the Bible alone. But, as Stevenson shows clearly in this volume, nineteenth-century Brethren leaders normally professed beliefs that are recognizably Calvinistic. He has indeed demonstrated the existence of the doctrines of grace in an unexpected place.”
The Genevan Réveil in International Perspective
History & Biography
“The Réveil of Geneva in the years from 1817 onwards marked a revitalization of the city’s Protestantism in a distinctly Evangelical form that was touched by the Romantic spirit. Led by strong personalities, the movement spread through much of western Europe and, by means of foreign missions, affected many parts of the world beyond. In this volume, twenty-one contributors—French-speaking as well as English-speaking—demonstrate its remarkable international influence.”
History & Biography
“Between 1896 and 1906 Isabel Crawford worked as a solitary missionary to the Kiowa Native Americans of Oklahoma. Conservative in theology but independent in spirit, she insisted on the right of the church she had gathered to observe the Lord's Supper in the absence of an ordained minister. Although she loved the Kiowa people . . . the controversy made her resign her position. Marilyn Whiteley has written a sensitive and revealing biography of a formidable woman.”
The Making of a Tory Evangelical
History & Biography
“David Furse-Roberts has written the first biography of Lord Shaftesbury, the great Victorian social reformer, to explain the motivating power of his vision of the future, a form of eschatology usually labeled historicist premillennialism. This version of Evangelical belief blended with the paternalism that came naturally to a Tory peer to produce Shaftesbury’s dynamic commitment to helping the vulnerable in nineteenth-century Britain.”
The Psalms for Everyday Living
Bible Studies & Devotionals
“Charles Spurgeon, the greatest preacher of the nineteenth century, was also a superb commentator on the Bible. His seven weighty volumes on the Psalms, The Treasury of David, form the inspiration for this devotional work. Spurgeon is quoted and his comments are summarized each day to bring out the pith of a passage from the Psalms. McKinley has composed a spiritual aid informed by Spurgeon’s penetration to the heart of Scripture.”
The Search for a Common Identity
History & Biography
“Thorough research has enabled Brian Talbot to lay bare how the Baptists in Scotland, few and divided in 1800, grew over seventy years into a sizable and united denomination.”
Theology
“Baptists hold that baptism is for believers only, but most of them downgrade it into being only a symbol. By careful scrutiny of past writings in England, America, and Canada, Mark McKim demonstrates that the early Particular Baptists, while rejecting any idea of baptismal regeneration, saw it as a distinct means of grace. Individual scripture passages and an overall biblical understanding, he concludes, vindicate their view of baptism as a place where God is powerfully at work.”
History & Biography
“Sunday Schools taught faith, duty, and--for much of their existence--literacy. As this collection of essays covering the whole period since their origin shows, they trained successive generations of children with dedication, often with flexibility, and usually with an intelligent concern for the welfare of their charges.”
History & Biography
“Nathan Sherman has written a microhistory of the Baptist church at Wapping, a growing suburb of London on the River Thames, during the later seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Thorough examination of the church book together with careful research in many other sources has enabled him to identify no fewer than eighty-two certain and one hundred and sixty further probable members. Consequently, he can illuminate the interactions of the members with each other and with their pastor, the distinguished author Hercules Collins. The result is a vivid picture of how ordinary Baptists embodied their faith in a time of active persecution and insecure toleration.”
To Follow the Lambe Wheresoever He Goeth
History & Biography
“Early Baptists took the Reformed principle of the kingship of Christ further than their contemporaries. Birch shows how it molded their understanding of the gathered church exercising discipline, maintaining its ministry and associating with other congregations. This book is a clear and orderly exposition of how the Particular Baptists worked out the implications of what one of their most eminent figures, William Kiffin, called 'this great truth, Christ the king of his church.'”
History & Biography
“The eighteenth century witnessed a striking renewal of Particular Baptist life. In a careful exposition of the writings of the many eminent ministers of the period, Anthony R. Cross shows how a blend of moderate Calvinism merged with the characteristic zeal of the Evangelical Revival to produce fresh spiritual vigor.”
World Christianity and the Unfinished Task
Evangelism & Missions
“Over the last century Christianity has become a world religion as never before, with popular followings in almost every land. In this book Lionel Young explains succinctly how the process has taken place but is also insistent that the task of spreading the gospel worldwide is unfinished.”
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