Category: History
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Why Reformation Day Matters
Each year on October 31, we celebrate Reformation Day, commemorating the day in 1517 when Martin Luther, a German monk and theologian, nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenberg Church. His bold actions set off a movement known as the Protestant Reformation, a call to return to Biblical teachings and a faith…
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Beginnings and Spread of the Prosperity Gospel
The Prosperity Gospel is built upon a quasi-Christian heresy known as the New Thought movement. New Thought drew from the Gospels, Hinduism, philosophical idealism, transcendentalism, popular science evolution, and the optimistic spirit of progress of the late-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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A Clash of Faith: Comparing the Social Gospel and Prosperity Gospel Movements
In the last couple of posts, I have been examining the Social Gospel and Prosperity Gospel movements. I first examined the historical and ideological roots of the movements. Then I looked at the major doctrinal teaching points of the two movements. In today’s post, I compare the two movements and show how they are related…
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A Clash of Faith: Historical Roots of the Social and Prosperity Gospels
Two distinct religious movements arose to respond to the issues of the cities and their effect on the nation – the Social Gospel movement and the Prosperity Gospel movement.
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The Influential Voice of Early Southern Baptist Life: A Biography of R.B.C. Howell
The members impressed on Howell their belief that someone else could easily pastor the church at Richmond, but only Howell could save their church and the Baptist cause from Landmarkism.
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The Influential Voice of Early Southern Baptist Life: A Biography of R.B.C. Howell
In the next couple of posts, I am going to examine the life and legacy of Robert Boyte Crawford Howell. I will begin with his early years in part 1 and then examine his later years in part 2. R.B.C. Howell was, perhaps, the most influential voice of early Southern Baptists for five decades. He…
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Book Review: Biblical Foundations for Baptist Churches
I normally try not to post two book reviews back-to-back, but next week’s post will begin a multiple-post topic. In this week’s post, I review John S. Hammett’s Biblical Foundations for Baptist Churches: A Contemporary Ecclesiology. I first read this book in 2016, but recently read the updated edition. Hammett has helped me consider and…
Joel McReynolds 