Leon McBeth
Autor von The Baptist Heritage: Four Centuries of Baptist Witness
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With these words, H. Leon McBeth begins his definitive introduction to Baptist history. Writing as a Baptist and a scholar, McBeth offers complete and fair presentations of each group within the Baptist tradition. By giving close attention to both data and interpretation, McBeth has written a mehr anzeigen volume that will stand the tests of scholarly scrutiny, relevance, and readability. McBeth's research, frank and balanced interpretations, and engaging prose make the book invaluable to all those who must come to grips with The Baptist Heritage. weniger anzeigen
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Every chapter details events that make me want to shout "Glory," or get on my knees calling down the same blessings on my own ministry, or jump head first into new endeavors of service with renewed vigor and confidence in Christ. From the struggling starts of early Baptist works in Dallas, through doctrinal controversy involving the entire Southern Baptist Convention, through church strife or personal disaster as well as blessed times, what shines through in this amazing story is the working of the God of all grace, Who uses flawed men and women to accomplish His will.
I give this book four stars out of a possible five, detracting none for the story and only one for the author's mildly annoying habit of circling around the bush and back again before diving into the main vein of every chapter. The biographical material on the men and women of First Baptist is excellent. The extensive and exhaustive research into local church and Convention records aids in understanding the character and times of this story. The author occasionally places too much focus on numbers and extravagance and denominational machinery, but this may be a true reflection of the focus of the church at times. The only other complaint, a mild one at best, is that the book sometimes seems slightly targeted at readers who were current First Baptist members or at least those familar with the Southern Baptist works of central Texas. For a reader who only has a passing acquaintance with names like B. H. Carroll, J. B. Cranfill and other men of the day, or the colleges and factions of the time, I would have appreciated more background information on them to better understand the roles they played in the history of this leading church in their movement. But perhaps this work would have been double its size and not worth reading if it included all I think it should have. I rejoice instead for the amazing glory of God shown in the accounts given and I pray God will keep using people today the way He worked in the past, as portrayed in this work.
Victor E. Mowery, June 6, 2015… (mehr)