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The Classic
Baptist Heritage of Personal Truth Frank L. Mauldin has written a book that tells the story of the Baptist passion for personal truth, a story full of significance for understanding the identity and the integrity of Baptists, both past and present for encountering the personal truth itself. The book is a historical and systematic analysis of the theme of "the truth as it is in Jesus" in the writings of American and English Baptists in the 17th/18th centuries. "The book documents and demonstrates that Baptists have always majored on experiential religion informed by the "Holy Word of God" and quickened by God's Spirit. Mauldin affirms that "Baptists defend the thesis that truth is someone real, not something true." -James Dunn, Ex. Dir., Retired, "Every Baptist should read this book. When Baptists emphasize "the truth," we grow. When we major instead on "truths," we lose ground and our soul." -Clyde R. Majors, Southern Baptist Pastor and Emeritus Professor of Bible, Ohio and Texas Frank Mauldin is a professor of philosophy and religious studies at the University of Tennessee. The book is $18.95 and available from the publisher at 1-800-321-5692.May 2000 |