William Barker--Word to the World

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I picked [ame=http://www.amazon.com/Word-World-Barker-William/dp/1845500504/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200006916&sr=8-1]this[/ame] up at New Orleans Baptist seminary of all places. It looks to be a very interesting collection of essays by William S. Barker, Professor Emeritus of Church History at Westminster Theological Seminary.

 

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Here is the Table of Contents:


Part 1: The Christian Church in Society


1. The Lordship of Jesus and the Preparation of His Servants

2. Puritans and the Purity of the Church

3. The Rediscovery of the Gospel:
The Reformation, the Westminster Divines, and Missions

4. The Gospel and Human Relations

5. The Social Views of Charles Hodge (1797-1878):
A Study in Nineteenth-Century Calvinism and Conservatism

6. America and the Coming King

7. A History of Church and State Relations in Western Christianity

8. Theonomy, Pluralism, and the Bible


Part 2: The Westminster Confession of Faith


9. Profiles in Puritanism

10. A Body of Divinity by Thomas Watson

11. System Subscription

12. The Samuel Hemphill Heresy Case (1735)
and the Historic Method of Subscribing to the Westminster Standards

13. The Westminster Assembly on the Days of Creation:
A Reply to David W. Hall


Part 3: The Word of God


14. Inerrancy and the Role of the Bible's Authority:
A Review Article

15. The Authority of Scripture and Assurance of Salvation