Coggins, James R., John Smyth’s Congregation: English Separatism, Mennonite Influence, and the Elect Nation (Waterloo, Ontario: Herald Press, 1991). Reading James R. Coggins
As I ponder the vision of The London Lyceum, I believe there are old lighthouses within the Baptist heritage, waiting to be relit, that can
The history of the English General Baptists of the seventeenth century is often reduced to a story of devolution into heterodoxy owing to strict biblicism.
Over the past few years, there has been increasing discussion regarding the catholicity of the Reformation. However, this conversation is nothing new. William Perkins’s (1558–1602)
July 1858, like so many summer months before, forced the townspeople of Greenville, South Carolina to head indoors during the hottest hours of the day.
Introduction Christian nationalism’s abrupt entrance into modern discourse has summoned a generous host of critics, and some in my own Baptist tribe have taken an
As people around the world reflect this week about Christ’s resurrection, I want to recommend that you read this concluding excerpt from John Collett Ryland’s
When myths are perpetuated for long periods of time, they become, in the minds of many, fact. Among Baptists, there is a longstanding myth that
I was introduced to John Gill (1697–1771) in 2015. Since then, I’ve dedicated my studies to retrieving his life and ministry. From my formative MDiv
Henry Jessey (1601-1663) is one of the those “larger-than-life” figures from the Puritan era that J.I. Packer properly referred to as “God’s Giants.”[1] Born in