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Ministry By His Grace and For His Glory
Ministry By His Grace and For His Glory

Ministry By His Grace and For His Glory

Essays in Honor of Thomas J. Nettles

Edited byNathan Finn and Tom Ascol

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This work is a rich collection of essays honoring the life, ministry, and theological influence of Thomas J. Nettles. Featuring contributions from pastors, historians, and theologians across the Baptist world, this volume explores the historical, theological, and practical convictions that… Read more

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This work is a rich collection of essays honoring the life, ministry, and theological influence of Thomas J. Nettles. Featuring contributions from pastors, historians, and theologians across the Baptist world, this volume explores the historical, theological, and practical convictions that have shaped faithful Baptist ministry for generations.

The book addresses subjects ranging from Baptist history and confessional identity to the doctrines of grace, preaching, missions, evangelism, church membership, and believer’s baptism. Contributors include Tom Ascol, Albert Mohler, David Dockery, Russell Moore, Sam Waldron, Geoff Thomas, Phil Newton, and many others who reflect on the enduring importance of biblical authority and doctrinal clarity in the life of the church.

Rooted in a commitment to Scripture and historic Baptist theology, this volume serves both as a tribute to Tom Nettles’s enduring legacy and as a call for churches and ministers to remain steadfast in gospel-centered, confessionally grounded ministry for the glory of God.

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Ministry By His Grace and For His Glory

Ministry By His Grace and For His Glory

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Foreword (R. Albert Mohler)

Introduction (Tom Ascol)

Part I: Historical

1. Baptists and the Bible : The History of a History Book (Nathan A. Finn)

2. Remembering Baptist Heroes: The Example of John Gill (Michael A.G. Haykin)

3. Crawford H. Toy: Southern Baptists and the Lesson of Controversy (Gregory A. Wills)

4. Evangelicalism from the Beginning: English Baptists of the Seventeenth Century (C. Jeffery Robinson, Sr.)

5. A Distracted Piety: African-American Baptists (Kevin L. Smith)

Part II: Theological

6. The Authority of Scripture: The Bible and Baptists (David S. Dockery)

7. Without One Plea: Human Depravity and the Christian Gospel (Russell D. Moore)

8. God’s Sovereign Election (Erroll Hulse)

9. Limited Atonement: A Short Defense (Geoff Thomas)

10. Understanding Effectual Calling (Tom Hicks)

11. Perseverance: The True Nature of Saving Faith (Phil Newton)

12. Justification: The Use of Genesis 15:6 in Romans 4:3 (Sam Waldron)

Part III: Practical

13. The Preacher on Preaching: Wisdom from a Wise Wordsmith (Daniel Akin)

14. An Idol Called Evangelism—And It’s Remedy (Roy A. Hargrave)

15. Missions and the Doctrines of Grace (David Sills)

16. “An Ingenuous Unfolding of Our Principles” Confessionalism Among 17th Century Particular Baptists (James M. Renihan)

17. On Catechizing (Jim Scott Orrick)

18. Recovering Regenerate Church Membership (Tom Ascol)

19. Believer’s Baptism: Its Nature, Practice and Importance (Fred Malone)

20. Baptists, Worldview and Focal Practices (Ben Mitchell)

The Writings of Thomas J. Nettles: A Bibliography (Nathan A. Finn and Matthew Emerson)

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Page count
342
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9.25" x 6.25" x 1.0"
Publication year
2011
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Nathan Finn

Nathan Finn

Assistant Professor of Church History, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

Nathan A. Finn is an American Baptist historian and theologian. He has served on the faculty of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, as dean of the School of Theology and Missions at Union University, and at North Greenville University as provost. He co-edited Ministry by His Grace and for His Glory: Essays in Honor of Thomas J. Nettles with Thomas K. Ascol.

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Tom Ascol

President of Founders Ministries; Pastor of Grace Baptist Church

Tom Ascol has served as Senior Pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Cape Coral, Florida since 1986. He is the President of Founders Ministries, founding editor of the Founders Journal, and a leading voice in the modern Reformed Baptist movement. He also serves as President of the Institute of Public Theology and President of Founders Seminary.

A graduate of Texas A&M University (BS in Sociology) and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (MDiv, PhD), Tom has written hundreds of articles, contributed to TableTalk magazine, hosted the Sword and the Trowel podcast, and authored/edited multiple books on theology, pastoral ministry, and Baptist history. He is widely respected for his commitment to the recovery of the historic gospel and the reformation of local churches.

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