Falwell, Trump and the Church in a Post-Christian Culture
In the late 1970s, Jerry Falwell Sr. mobilized the Christian right of American with the founding of the Moral Majority. His slogan at the rallies was “I love America,” and the goal was to provide [...]
A Friend Who Sticks Closer than a Brother (S of S 1:2-7)
No other book in the Bible presents the passionate and pursuing love of Christ, as the Song of Solomon. On the other hand, no other book in the Bible presents the Christian’s love so fragile [...]
Dr. J. B. Rowell and the Beginning of Northwest Baptist Bible College
Northwest Baptist Bible College, Port Coquitlam, Vancouver. The College later moved to Langley on the Campus of Trinity Western University (Credit: McMaster University Archive, Rowell Archives, Box 7). Early in July 1927 thirteen [...]
The Roots of Liberalism among Canadian Baptists
McMaster University, circa 1905 (credit: McMaster University) In 1927 the Fundamentalist/Modernist controversy, which had been simmering for decades, finally reached boiling point, resulting in two major Baptist splits in Canada.[1] In Vancouver, on the West [...]
The Best Way to Study the History of Missions
Somalis watering their camels in a shallow well at Boka Wells in the Tana Region of Kenya Before we get into the history of missions proper, we need to ask first, what is [...]
Dr. T. T. Shields on Roman Catholicism: Pt. 2. “A Powerful International Political Organization”
Two related issues formed the impetus of Shields’ fight with Roman Catholicism in Canada. The first was the theological and spiritual danger of Roman Catholicism which we have previously considered. The second was the Roman [...]