For those who are interested in Baptist history, this is a “must read” volume by Robert Oliver! This book, History of the English Calvinistic Baptists, traces the story of the English Calvinistic Baptists from the death of John Gill in 1771 to that of Charles Haddon Spurgeon in 1892. It deals not only with the well-known [...]
The Baptists
1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith
Chapter 1 THE HOLY SCRIPTURES 1.1 The Holy Scriptures are the only sufficient, certain and infallible rule1 for saving knowledge, faith, and obedience.2 Although the light of nature and the works of creation and providence give such clear testimony to the goodness, wisdom and power of God that they leave people without excuse,3 yet they [...]
Baptists, the Bible and Confessions – The Need for Statements of Faith by Gregory A. Wills
From The Southern Seminary Magazine, November 2000 (Volume 68, Number 4), pages 13-15 Baptists have adopted creeds throughout their history. They probably have adopted creeds more than any other denomination. Baptist churches by the tens of thousands adopted a confession of faith when they constituted as a church. Some thousands of Baptist associations have similarly [...]
Are Creeds Appropriate for Bible Believing Baptists by Tom Nettles
The effort to derive positive benefit from confessions seems so strange to some today that it can hardly be distinguished from the scary “C” word, “creedalism.” Though there are valid historical and practical distinctions between the use of statements of faith as a creed and their use as a confession, those distinctions hardly apply to [...]
What is an Historic Baptist? by David A. West, Sr.
The following set of beliefs and distinctives comes directly from the pages of God’s infallible Word. They represent what mainstream Baptists have believed and practiced down through the centuries. The Historic Baptist Faith is synonymous with New Testament Christianity. A New Testament Christian will not just believe these truths in his heart. More importantly, he [...]
The Rise & Demise of Calvinism Among Southern Baptists by Tom Nettles
In Search of Restoration in the Land A woman of Shunem had house and land. Her recognition of God’s goodness to her was demonstrated in the care she gave to God’s prophet, Elisha. God had also twice blessed her with one son. His conception was God’s gift, and, when he died as a child accompanying [...]
