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Baptist Questions, Baptist Answers: Exploring Christian Faith
Baptist Questions Baptist Answers Exploring Christian Faith Author:Bill J. Leonard Respected Baptist historian and theologian Bill J. Leonard takes readers through the theological and practical questions that are important to Baptists. In a clear style and with great sensitivity to the varieties of beliefs among Baptist bodies, Leonard considers the big questions of faith. These include Baptist beliefs about God, Jesus Christ,... more » the Bible, salvation, and the Christian life, among others.
Drawing on historic statements of Baptist belief, contemporary history, and his own background and deep scholarship, Leonard provides reliable and accessible discussions of these issues. His work will be highly illuminating for Baptists of all denominational groupings as well as for others interested in the core of Baptist theological convictions and their various expressions. This book is a strong and trusted voice, and a welcome resource.
This primer is cast in the form of a series of questions and answers. Leonard has devoted himself to understanding Baptists. He draws on his historical knowledge of early Baptist Confessions, his sensitivity to Baptist diversity, and his intimate knowledge of current Baptist life to offer readers a superb guide to Baptist beliefs and practices. - William L. Pitts Jr., Professor of Religion and Director of Graduate Studies, Baylor University
In his own inimitable style honed over years of teaching and preaching, Bill Leonard engagingly dissects Baptist life in all its simplicity and complexity. Focusing on an identity forged before there were denominations, Baptist Questions, Baptist Answers challenges readers to focus on what it means to be a Christian in the Baptist expression of the Christian tradition in a context questioning denominational affiliation.- Phyllis Rodgerson Pleasants, John F. Loftis Professor of Church History, Baptist Seminary at Richmond« less