Traditional theology & the SBC

Dr. Tom Ascol looks at the claims of the “Traditional Baptists” who want to claim a fairly recent doctrinal view as foundational and traditional. Tom approaches the subject historically, and biblically, but at all times pastorally! I commend this book if you want to see where Southern Baptists find their roots theologically. A theology that birthed one of the greatest missions and evangelism movements in modern history. Bill Haynes, Senior Pastor – Grace Baptist Church, Somerset, Ky.

Publisher: Founders Press
Type: Hardback
ISBN: 9781943539116

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Tom Ascol is the President of Founders Ministries and has served as pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Cape Coral, Florida since 1986. He is a graduate of Texas A&M University (BS) and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (MDiv and PhD). He has contributed to and edited several books

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This revised edition is a marvelous little book, rich in benefit to anyone who reads it. There are four parts to the little hardback. First, there is the main body of the book in thirteen chapters that very effectively knocks down the rather tiresome but predictable caricature of historic Southern Baptist theology. Tom Ascol is a clear thinker and writer, and his interaction with the so-called "Traditional Southern Baptist Understanding Of God's Plan Of Salvation" set forth by Eric Hankins is masterful. Next, there is the Afterword by Tom Nettles, itself worth the price of the book. Third, there is Appendix One, "A Statement of the 'Traditional Southern Baptist Understanding of God's Plan of Salvation" by Eric Hankins. This is what Ascol's book was written to refute and refute it what Ascol does very well here. Finally, Appendix Two, "Polemic Theology: How to Deal with Those Who Differ From Us" by Roger Nicole, is masterful and should be a first-year course topic in every Bible college and theological seminary. This, too, is worth the price of the book and should be required reading for every Gospel minister, missionary, and theological student. John Waldrip