A Piety Above the Common Standard: Jesse Mercer and the Defense of Evangelistic CalvinismMercer University Press, 2005 - 238 σελίδες Jesse Mercer (1769-1841) was a Baptist pastor, editor, and denominational statesman who figured prominently in the debates over Calvinism among Southern clergymen. Most studies of Calvinism in America have focused on Jonathan Edwards, the New Divinity Movement, and the Princeton theologians. Calvinism, however, played a key role in shaping the religious mind of the South, particularly among Baptists who debated the relationship between divine sovereignty and human responsibility as it related to missions, education, and social reform. These debates led to the formation of two Baptist groups, Primitive and Missionary, the latter of which ultimately became Southern Baptists. This book explores the role of Jesse Mercer within these debates as he promoted the first form of the Georgia Baptist Convention. His Calvinistic theology governed his actions and life. He emphasized missions, theological training for pastors, and cooperation between churches in fulfilling the Great Commission. Calvinism is as important a topic today in the study of religion as it ever has been. This book gives perspective and history to current trends and understandings. |
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Σελίδα ix
... Baptist community over the nature of mission work , the need for ministerial education , and the role of coopera- tive efforts between churches . Baptists who met in Augusta , Georgia in 1845 for the purpose of " combining and directing ...
... Baptist community over the nature of mission work , the need for ministerial education , and the role of coopera- tive efforts between churches . Baptists who met in Augusta , Georgia in 1845 for the purpose of " combining and directing ...
Σελίδα x
... church with " Missionary Baptist " or " Southern Baptist " affixed to its name . While Missionary Baptists consistently touted their accomplishments in terms of monies raised , missionaries sent , schools established , and persons ...
... church with " Missionary Baptist " or " Southern Baptist " affixed to its name . While Missionary Baptists consistently touted their accomplishments in terms of monies raised , missionaries sent , schools established , and persons ...
Σελίδα xii
... Baptists , John Gill and Andrew Fuller . In chapter 4 , I demonstrate how Jesse Mercer practiced Calvinism in church life , particularly through church growth and church discipline . It was Jesse Mercer's contention that revival was a ...
... Baptists , John Gill and Andrew Fuller . In chapter 4 , I demonstrate how Jesse Mercer practiced Calvinism in church life , particularly through church growth and church discipline . It was Jesse Mercer's contention that revival was a ...
Σελίδα 1
... Baptist Beginnings in Georgia Jesse Mercer was an inheritor of Baptist life before he became a shaper of it . The particular strand of Protestantism that reached this leader in Georgia Baptist life was the pure church ideal as expressed ...
... Baptist Beginnings in Georgia Jesse Mercer was an inheritor of Baptist life before he became a shaper of it . The particular strand of Protestantism that reached this leader in Georgia Baptist life was the pure church ideal as expressed ...
Σελίδα 2
... church had been rejected by Georgia colony trustees , the Anglican church was easily the dominant religious body in ... Baptist History , " Viewpoints : Georgia Baptist History ( 1980 ) : 59-118 . 2E . Merton Coulter , " When John Wesley ...
... church had been rejected by Georgia colony trustees , the Anglican church was easily the dominant religious body in ... Baptist History , " Viewpoints : Georgia Baptist History ( 1980 ) : 59-118 . 2E . Merton Coulter , " When John Wesley ...
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He is rather of the old School Jesse Mercer and Calvinism | 59 |
I want a revival that will last all winter Jesse Mercer and Revival | 91 |
Surely there are some Baptists who may be trusted Jesse Mercer and Missions | 125 |
Words are his tools Jesse Mercer and Ministerial Education | 159 |
A company of horses in Pharaohs chariots Jesse Mercer and Cooperation | 187 |
Be mindful of the designs of grace through you Conclusion | 215 |
Bibliography | 221 |
Index | 233 |
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A Piety Above the Common Standard: Jesse Mercer and the Defense of ... Anthony L. Chute Περιορισμένη προεπισκόπηση - 2004 |
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Σελίδα 64 - These angels and men, thus predestinated and foreordained, are particularly and unchangeably designed ; and their number is so certain and definite, that it cannot be either increased or diminished.
Σελίδα 104 - And I looked, and there was none to help; And I wondered that there was none to uphold : Therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; And my fury, it upheld me.
Σελίδα 64 - This perseverance of the saints depends not upon their own free will, but upon the immutability of the decree of election, flowing from the free and unchangeable love of God the Father; upon the efficacy of the merit and intercession of Jesus Christ...
Σελίδα 176 - And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God, for I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
Σελίδα 146 - As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
Σελίδα 33 - Colony, ever be obliged to pay tithes, taxes, or any other rates for the purpose of building or repairing any other church or churches, place or places of worship, or for the maintenance of any minister or ministry, contrary to what he believes to be right, or has deliberately or voluntarily engaged himself to perform.
Σελίδα 2 - I saw clearly the hour was come for leaving this place : and, soon as evening prayers were over, about eight o'clock, the tide then serving, I shook off the dust of my feet, and left Georgia, after having preached the Gospel there, not as I ought, but as I was able, one year, and nearly nine months.
Σελίδα 88 - ... or whether it crawls like a snake? Paul doth not term it a creature, but agreeth with St. John, where he saith, sin is the transgression of the law, and where there is no law there is no transgression; and being not without law to God, but under the law of Christ.
Σελίδα 64 - Spirit, and of the seed of God within them ; and the nature of the covenant of grace : from all which ariseth also the certainty and infallibility thereof.
Σελίδα 98 - It is not a miracle, or dependent on a miracle, in any sense. It is a purely philosophical result of the right use of the constituted means — as much so as any other effect produced by the application of means.