Why I Am a Baptist

by Moore, Russell D.; Nettles, Tom; Begg, Alistair

• ISBN13: 9780805424263
• ISBN10: 0805424261
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-06-01
• Publisher: B&H Books

Summary

In light of the current identity crisis facing Baptists today, editors Nettles and Moore offer a volume of testimonies from contemporary Baptists expounding on that very questionWhy I Am a Baptist. Taking a more objective approach than offered in earlier books, Why I Am a Baptist models a more doctrine-oriented approach, explaining Baptist life on the basis of historical tenets of the Christian faith worked out in practice.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xi
Preface	p. xv
Contributors	p. xix
Opening Thoughts
Being Baptist: We Must Not Sell It Cheap	p. 3
Thoughts From the Past
In Disregard of Carnal Ease: Why I Am a Baptist	p. 21
Painfully Mortified, but Joyful in the Truth	p. 33
A Baptist: Principle, Not Sentiment	p. 45
Thoughts From the Baptist Leadership
What Is a Baptist?	p. 53
Being Baptist Means Conviction	p. 58
Shoot-out at the Amen Corral: Being Baptist Through Controversy	p. 65
Thoughts From Across the Seas
Where I Buried Old Erroll Hulse: A Journey in Believer's Baptism	p. 77
Why I Am a Baptist--Again: Confessions of a Former, Former Baptist	p. 87
Flying the Flags High in Africa: Baptist Hope for a Ravaged Continent	p. 95
From a Welsh Revival to a Baptist Pulpit	p. 102
Thoughts From the Pastor's Study
When Our Senses Get in the Way: From Catholic Sacraments to Baptist Conviction	p. 113
All Things Considered ... a Baptist	p. 122
A Baptist on the Hot Seat	p. 130
Misery Loves Company? A Presbyterian Pastor Comes Home	p. 134
A Baptist--Tested by Fire	p. 143
Thoughts From the Family Room
Everything a Baptist Mother Could Want	p. 155
A Baptist's Inheritance	p. 164
Thoughts From the Professor's Lectern
A Mere Christian, and a Baptist Too	p. 173
Distinctively and Unashamedly Baptist	p. 180
Blood Is Thicker Than Water	p. 189
Thoughts From Evangelical Leaders
A Baptist Because of the Bible	p. 201
Fifty Years a Baptist	p. 209
So What's a Nice Southern Baptist like Me Doing in a Place like This?	p. 218
Grace--Not Race--Counts Here	p. 226
Concluding Thoughts
Baptist After All: Resurgent Conservatives Face the Future	p. 233
Endnotes	p. 247
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