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God's Word says, "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a
workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word
of truth" (II Timothy 2:15). Rightly dividing or being able to
understand God's Word will require study. This book is designed to
assist you in studying God's Word. Fifty-two major doctrines of the
Bible are outlined in four separate books. Each chapter examines a
different Bible doctrine. The chapters are written in such a way to
help you thoroughly understand the doctrines--without needing a
seminary degree. If you want to be an approved workman unto God,
this book will help you accomplish that goal The thirteen chapters
of Book Four covers: The Rapture, The Bema Seat Judgment, The
Marriage of the Lamb, The Tribulation (3), The Battle of
Armageddon, The Second Coming, The Millennial Kingdom (2), The
Great White Throne Judgment, The New Heaven and New Earth, and The
Dispensational Principles.
Scholars and journalists have paid significant attention to the
contemporary Fundamentalist tendencies of southern Protestantism.
However, many studies neglect to consider how the Fundamentalist
controversies that roiled the Baptists and Presbyterians of the
North during the 1920s affected the Southern Baptist Convention
schism of 1970-2000. Fundamentalism, Fundraising, and the
Transformation of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1919-1925
explores the scope and character of the interaction between
Southern Baptists and early Fundamentalism during the late 1910s
and early 1920s. By focusing more closely on the Southern Baptist
Convention, Andrew Christopher Smith examines the interaction
between the northernFundamentalist movement and southern religion
during the era. Though scholars agree that Fundamentalism is not
native to the South, no book thus far has considered the effects of
the Fundamentalist movement and how it influenced southern
Protestant denominational organizations, independent of southern
rejection of Fundamentalist-sponsored interdenominational
evangelistic and educational institutions. Smith proposes that
Fundamentalist ideas, lingering in the atmosphere of the South
after wafting there through hearsay, national religious
periodicals, and the secular press,likely influenced Southern
Baptist self-understanding during this critical period. Examining
documentary evidence, Smith explains that following the First World
War, Southern Baptists pushed toward bureaucratization. The
"Seventy-Five Million Campaign," a fundraising and
organization-building drive that the convention approved in 1919,
was the denominational movement through which the selective
appropriation of Fundamentalist ideas occurred. Exploring the
interplay of Southern Baptist claims and northern Fundamentalist
precepts, Smith fills a void in scholarly examination of
early-twentieth-century Baptist history.
J.N. Loughborough was involved in the Advent movement from its
early days, having been called to preach by E.G. White in 1852.
During his years of service in the Seventh-day Adventist Church, he
worked in New England, Michigan, Ohio, Great Britain, and
California. In 1902 Loughborough published an account of the
message and history of Seventh-day Adventism titled The Rise and
Progress of the Third Angel's Message. Unfortunately, the book was
lost when the Review and Herald burned in 1903. Starting over from
scratch, Loughborough wrote a new book titled The Great Second
Advent Movement that was published in 1905. In it he provides
personal testimony and insight into the history of the church, the
visions and prophecies of Ellen White, early divisions in the
church, and various philosophical and religious matters, as well as
some autobiographical material.
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