Being Baptist and Being Calvinist
The Rise & Demise of Calvinism Among Southern Baptists
Tom Nettles, PhD
The story of the commitment of early Baptists to the doctrines of grace is a picture of unity and fortitude. The earliest Baptist in America, Roger Williams, was a decided Calvinist and built his theory of religious liberty on his commitment to total depravity, unconditional election, effectual calling, perseverance of the saints, and definite atonement.
The Ascent of Lost Man in Southern Baptist Preaching
Mark T. Coppenger, PhD
Could it be that the perception of lost mankind’s character and capability are improving in our preaching, much as they have in our doctrinal statements? Could it be that the unregenerate are being progressively perceived as less depraved?
The evidence indicates that there has been an ascent of lost man in the thinking of Southern Baptists over the course of their history. Does preaching generate the confessions? Or do the confessions shape the preaching? Or does it work both ways? To what extent does one influence the other?
Southern Baptists and the Quest for Theological Identity
R. Albert Mohler Jr, PhD
Excellent resource!
Being Baptist and Being Calvinist
Michael A.G. Haykin
While an answer to the question of where Baptists came from has yet to reach a widespread consensus among Baptist historians, few of them would deny that the three earliest groups of Baptists—the General Baptists, the Particular Baptists, and the Seventh-day Baptists all emerged from the Puritans, a body of men and women who are remembered, among other things, for their passionate commitment to the doctrinal position known as Calvinism.
Calvinism: A Southern Baptist Dialogue
E. Ray Clendenen & Brad J. Waggoner
After two decades of focusing on the doctrine of inerrancy, today we are debating matters like Calvinism instead of liberal ideas like whether or not Jesus actually rose from the dead. This is good.
E.Y. Mullins—Reluctant Evangelical
Thomas J. Nettles, PhD
Election is God’s eternal choice of some persons unto everlasting life—not because of foreseen merit in them, but of his mere mercy in Christ—in consequence of which choice they are called, justified, and glorified.
Shows how Mullins changed Southern Baptist doctrine!
The Baptist Ecclesiology of E.Y. Mullins: Individualism and the New Testament Church
C. Douglas Weaver
Most observers consider E. Y. Mullins to be the most influential Southern Baptist theologian and denominational leader of the twentieth century. Here is the Rest of the Story!
The Point of the Southern Baptists’ Departure from the Doctrines of Calvinism
Jim Maples
A thesis presented in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts at Reformed Theological Seminary.
Scholarly, but very well written! Recommended!!!
E.Y. Mullins: The Axioms of Religion
R. Albert Mohler, PhD
One of the towering figures of Southern Baptist history, Edgar Young Mullins led Southern Baptists through some of the most tumultuous decades of American religious history. As a Baptist statesman, theologian, educator, and denominationalist, E. Y. Mullins shaped the denominational consensus that, in turn, shaped Southern Baptist life and thought well into the twentieth century.
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