Free Grace Press is making A Body of Doctrinal and Practical Divinity from 1657, by Robert Purnell, available now for a discounted price. It appears to be the first Reformed Baptist systematic theology work ever written. This surprised me, because I thought that distinction belonged to John Gill, who actually wrote his theology 100 years … Continue reading The First Reformed Baptist Theology
Toward a Proper Understanding of the Lord’s Supper as a Visible Word
Introduction In my own past study of the Lord's Supper, some twenty six years ago now, I spent some time wrestling with John Calvin's understanding of the Lord's Supper, especially as he addressed the matter in his Institutes of the Christian Religion, and it started me thinking in a different way about it than I … Continue reading Toward a Proper Understanding of the Lord’s Supper as a Visible Word
Captive to the Word of God
Stuart Brogden has given us an excellent resource on what it means to be a Reformed Baptist in his book Captive to the Word of God: A Particular Baptist Perspective on Reformed and Covenant Theology. This book has the perfect title. Though Baptists are not the only one’s who affirm Sola Scriptura, in my opinion, … Continue reading Captive to the Word of God
Download A. H. Strong’s Systematic Theology For Free
For any interested readers, here is a link to download or read online Augustus Hopkins Strong's Systematic Theology: A Compendium Designed for the Use of Theological Students for free. For those of you not familiar with A. H. Strong, here is a description from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (where the same work is also … Continue reading Download A. H. Strong’s Systematic Theology For Free