Archive for July 2012
Karl Barth and American Evangelicalism
[Editor’s note: This book review is from the May issue of Credo Magazine, “Chosen by Grace.”] McCormack, Bruce L., and Clifford B. Anderson, eds. Karl Barth and American Evangelicalism. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2011. Reviewed by Tyler Wittman– Since Cornelius Van Til first sounded the alarm on Karl Barth’s project, American evangelicals have been suspicious about…
Read MoreWhat book on election would you recommend and why?
In the last “From the Horse’s Mouth” we asked 4 different scholars, “What book on election would you recommend and why?” Tom Schreiner, Ben Witherington, Graham Cole, and David Murray all gave an answer and here is what they had to say: “I would select a book that is accessible to the ordinary person, and…
Read MoreTen Baptists Everyone Should Know: William Carey
By Steve Weaver — William Carey (1761-1834) was born on August 17, 1761 in a tiny village called Paulerspury in Northamptonshire, England. His parents, who were of humble background, were devout adherents to Anglicanism. Though he came from a family of weavers, by the age of sixteen Carey would be apprenticed to a shoemaker in…
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