Baptist History and Heritage articles from March 2005

Baptist History and Heritage archives from March 2005

Baptist preaching and Baptist preachers--past and present.(Editorial)
March 22, 2005... Since the founding of the Baptist faith, preaching has been the dominant event in Baptist worship, and preachers have been at the forefront of this faith movement. Over the years, Baptist preaching and Baptist preachers have often been...

Baptist History and Heritage, 1965-2005.
March 22, 2005... This issue of Baptist History and Heritage marks the journal's fortieth anniversary. Since August 1965, 143 issues, containing more than 1,000 articles, have been published. Writers, reflecting international perspectives, have included...

What comes into your Baptist mind when you think about God?
March 22, 2005... A. W. Tozer said years ago that "what comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us." Slowly, thoughtfully, read Tozer's words again. Memorize them. Chew on them. Swish them around in your soul for months and...

A look at Baptist preaching: past, present, and future.
March 22, 2005... Long ago in a now distant place--Miami Senior High School in Miami, Florida--I had a debate coach who was intent on winning. Before each match, she gathered students in a room and gave us advice on how to win our debates. Once she said, "Even...

John A. Broadus: shaper of Baptist preaching.
March 22, 2005... The nineteenth century produced many fine Baptist preachers, but none can share the spotlight with John A. Broadus. The fact that he was a Southerner was incidental. The Mason-Dixon line was not a barrier to his words, printed or spoken. He...

"No armor for the back": a sermon written from Prison by Thomas Hardcastle, August 18, 1675.
March 22, 2005... Thomas Hardcastle (1636-1678) pastored the Church of Christ in Broadmead at Bristol, England, for seven years from 1671 until his death in 1678. This church began as an Independent congregation sometime in 1640. When it became identified as a...

When the walls come tumbling down: Ephesians 2:11-22.
March 22, 2005... In Baptist circles these days it has become a part of one's homiletical responsibility to quote Fred Craddock as well as the biblical canon. Indeed, some preachers almost do not know the difference between Craddock and the canon! However, let...

Confessions of a novice Baptist preacher.
March 22, 2005... When our first child was born, I was an older parent. I had waited a long time for this happy event. I read every book on developmental issues. I interviewed our pediatrician. I was tenacious about researching baby equipment. My sister...

Confessions of a Vietnamese Baptist preacher.
March 22, 2005... I was born in Bac-lieu, Vietnam, in 1954 to a Buddhist family who participated in ancestor worship. During my childhood years, we lived in the government compound in Soctrang about 150 miles south of Saigon. My father was the driver for our...

Confessions of a bi-vocational Baptist preacher.
March 22, 2005... How does a Baptist preacher manage to work a full-time job and pastor a church at the same time? The answer--it is extremely difficult! In spite of the difficulty, bi-vocational pastors have comprised the majority of pastors serving Baptist...

Toward a methodology for teaching preaching to Baptists.
March 22, 2005... The dutiful, passionate seminarian was genuinely puzzled. "I don't know what happened? I spent hours exegeting this text and coming up with what I just knew as the perfect sermon, and the congregation was bored to team." This prospective...

Over troubled waters: Baptist preachers who were bridge builders.
March 22, 2005... In his November 2004 report to the General Board of the American Baptist Churches, USA, A. Roy Medley, the general secretary of the denomination, spoke of "A Bridge People in a World of Wall-Builders." He called American Baptists to be bridge...

The unlikely argument of a Baptist fundamentalist: John Roach Straton's defense of women in the pulpit.
March 22, 2005... John Roach Straton and Uldine Utley made an unlikely pair as they waited for the revival meeting to begin at Madison Square Garden on October 31, 1926. (1) Since becoming the pastor of New York's Calvary Baptist Church in 1918, Straton had...

Like a wildfire: the growth of Virginia Baptists between 1765 and 1774.
March 22, 2005... In the late 1760s and early 1770s, Baptists spread throughout Virginia through the efforts of a small group of men. Though often facing intense persecution and rejection, these men recruited scores of people across Virginia, organizing new...

The effect and implications of the theology of Elder Reuben Ross on Baptist life.
March 22, 2005... Theological studies have been traditionally concerned with the analysis of the various "writing" theologians. Yet, widespread doctrinal perspectives and changes--while influenced by these writers--take place primarily on the grassroots level...

The Kingdom is Always but Coming: A Life of Walter Rauschenbusch.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... The Kingdom is Always but Coming: A Life of Walter Rauschenbusch. By Christopher H. Evans. Grand Rapids, MI: W. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2004. 348 pp. The Kingdom is Always but Coming, the latest addition to the successful...

Selected Spiritual Writings of Anne Dutton: Eighteenth Century, British Baptist, Woman Theologian: Letters, vol. 1.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Selected Spiritual Writings of Anne Dutton: Eighteenth Century, British Baptist, Woman Theologian. VoL 1: Letters. Compiled and with Introduction by Joann Ford Watson. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 2003. 408 pp. Any contribution that...

A Piety Above the Common Standard.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... A Piety Above the Common Standard. By Anthony I_ Chute. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 2004. 238 pp. In analyzing the historical figure of Jesse Mercer as a representative theological leader of his era, Anthony Chute probes into the...

Adiel Sherwood: Baptist Antebellum Pioneer in Georgia.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Adiel Sherwood: Baptist Antebellum Pioneer in Georgia. By Jarrett Butch. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 2003. 270 pp. People who are familiar with Mercer University may have a slight acquaintance with Adiel Sherwood (1789-1879), since...

Faithful Learning and the Christian Scholarly Vocation.(The Baptist and Christian Character of Baylor)(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Faithful Learning and the Christian Scholarly Vocation. Edited by Douglas V. Henry and Bob R. Agee. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003. 178 pp. The Baptist and Christian Character of Baylor. Edited by Donald D. Schmeltekopf and Diana Vitanza with...

The Search for a Common Identity: The Origins of the Baptist Union of Scotland, 1800-1870.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... The Search for a Common Identity: The Origins of the Baptist Union of Scotland, 1800-1870. By Brian R. Talbot, Carlisle, Cumbria: Paternoster Press, 2003. 402 pp. In Baptist history, the examples are far too few of disparate groups...

A Texas Baptist History Sourcebook: A Companion to McBeth's Texas Baptists.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... A Texas Baptist History Sourcebook: A Companion to McBeth's Texas Baptists. By Joseph E. Early, Jr. Denton, TX: University of North Texas Press, 2004. 676 pp. Primary sources are the backbone and lifeblood for historical study. Baptist...

A Handbook of Texas Baptist Biography.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... A Handbook of Texas Baptist Biography. By Joseph E. Early, Jr., by the author through AuthorHouse publishing, 2004, 238 pp. From their early days, beginning about 1820, as an illegal group in Stephen Austin's colony in Mexican Texas to the...

The History of the Riverside Church in the City of New York.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... The History of the Riverside Church in the City of New York. By Peter J. Paris, John W. Cook, James Hudnut-Beumler, Lawrence H. Mamiya, Leonora Tubbs Tisdale, and Judith Weisenfeld. New York: New York University Press, 2004. 350 pp. Many...

Fundamentalism.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Fundamentalism. By Fisher Humphreys and Philip Wise. Macon, GA: Smyth & Helwys, 2004. 113 pp. Fundamentalism has affected Baptist life in this country in significant ways since the early 1900s; therefore, every Baptist in the United States...

The Power of Woman: The Life and Writings of Sarah Moore Grimke.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... The Power of Woman: The Life and Writings of Sarah Moore Grimke. By Pamela R. Durso. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 2003. 216 pp. In this time of struggle regarding the place of women in the church, it is helpful to look back to hear...