Baptists possess a rich theological history when it comes to covenant theology. Historic Baptists confessions and catechisms taught a distinct Baptist covenant theology. In my first article, I explained the purpose of this series. I also laid out some of…
Much of what Augustine writes in Instructing Beginners in the Faith 1.1-14.22 makes it an excellent read for pastors and teachers. Also, much of what Augustine suggests to those of us who teach, should put into practice. I serve in…
Is being a Baptist who holds to covenant theology the equivalent of being a theological unicorn? After all, most people think that to be a Baptist means you are a Dispensationalist and that covenant theology is only for our Presbyterian…
Introduction In this post, I want to explore some of the insights I drew from reading Benjamin Keach’s The Travels of True Godliness. Benjamin Keach was a seventeenth-century Particular Baptist and one of the signatories of the London Baptist Confession…
Introduction In 1856, Charles Spurgeon moved his congregation to the biggest indoor venue in London, namely, the Surrey Garden’s Music Hall. The music hall was immense, seating nearly 10,000 people. He led his congregation to this building because he had…
So far in this Andrew Fuller series, you have been given an overview of his life and a closer look at his contributions to the "modern missions movement." This final post of the series will seek to draw some applications…
"The true churches of Jesus Christ travail in birth for the salvation of men. They are the armies of the Lamb, the grand object of whose existence is to extend the Redeemer's kingdom" (Fuller v2, 359). Fuller wrote the quote…
Birth and Childhood On February 6, 1754, Andrew Fuller was born to Robert Fuller and Philippa Gunton, who were farmers in Wicken, Cambridgeshire (Haykin 24). Both of his parents were Baptist, and his grandmothers also were Baptists. One of them…
Introduction “Real religion consists in a supreme love to God,” declared the eighteenth-century pastor Samuel Pearce, “and disinterested love to man” (140). The sentiment of this quotation isn’t original to Pearce. Jesus, summarizing the ten commandments, answered a scribe’s inquiry,…