Tag: Baptism

"Many walk, of whom I have told you often--who mind earthly things." --Phil. 3:18. 1. The fourth century commenced with outward peace to the church; but the pagan priests wrought so effectually on the fears of Diocletian, as to obtain from him, in 303, an edict to pull down the sanctuaries of Christ...

Updated April 22, 2000 (first published January 15, 2000) (David W. Cloud, Fundamental Baptist Information Service, P.O. Box 610368, Port Huron, MI 48061-0368,) - I have often been asked to recommend books on Baptist church history, and the following select bibliography is offered to assist those wh...

Updated April 22, 2000 (first published January 15, 2000) (David W. Cloud, Fundamental Baptist Information Service, P.O. Box 610368, Port Huron, MI 48061-0368,) - I have often been asked to recommend books on Baptist church history, and the following select bibliography is offered to assist those wh...

1. A Psalm Of Solomon. 1 1 I cried unto the Lord when I was in distress [ ], Unto God when sinners assailed. 2 Suddenly the alarm of war was heard before me; (I said), He will hearken to me, for I am full of righteousness. 3 I thought in my heart that I was full of righteousness, Because I was well...

"Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I will also keep thee," &c.--Rev. 3:10. 1. There is a range of mountains, the highest in Europe, extending from the Adriatic to the Mediterranean Seas, and separating Italy from France, Switzerland, and Germany. The principality of Piedmont derive ...

Part I: New Evangelicalism - Its HistoryPart II: New Evangelicalism - Its ChracteristicsPart III: New Evangelicalism - Its FruitsThe following is part two of a three-part article, first published in 1995 under the title of Fundamentalism, Modernism, and New-Evangelicalism. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF NEW ...

"Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and I will receive you."--2 Cor. 6:17. 1. At the commencement of the fourth century, distinct and separate bodies of professed Christians continued to exist throughout the Roman empire. Each church had an elder to preside, whil...

Part 1Part 2Part 1 The following article by John L. Waller is from The Western Baptist Review, Vol. IV. No. 5, Frankfort, Ky., January, 1849 -- Even during the world’s midnight, when the dark cloud of papal superstition was spread in blackness over the moral sky of the civilized nations, here and th...

We have been greatly encouraged and edified in the study of church history. I have hundreds of volumes in my library related to this subject, but, as is the case in many other subjects, most of the ones that are distributed through the typical Christian bookstores today are not dependable. Church hi...

Part I: New Evangelicalism - Its HistoryPart II: New Evangelicalism - Its ChracteristicsPart III: New Evangelicalism - Its FruitsThe following is part one of a three-part article, first published in 1995 under the title of Fundamentalism, Modernism, and New-Evangelicalism. I am convinced that few er...

The Baptist History Library and Archives is a worldwide center for the study of Baptist history. It is located on the fourth floor of the Southern Baptist Convention Building in Nashville, Tennessee. The library was founded in 1925 and is governed by the Council of Seminary Presidents. The library's...

"Here is the patience and the faith of the saints."--Rev. 13:10, 14:12. 1. The thirteenth and fourteenth chapters of Revelation should be read in connection with the history of these churches; and though we cannot give a full detail of their sufferings, we will essay to epitomize the statements give...