Benjamin Forrest
Benjamin Forrest is associate dean of the College of General Studies and professor of Christian education at Liberty University.
View Author's PageIn this compilation of essays, experts in the field provide an in-depth look at the long-lasting impact of the Protestant Reformation. Readers will gain new insights into the legacies of theology, spiritual formation and personal worship, catechism and preaching, and the missions and martyrs of the Reformation. Celebrating the Legacy of the Reformation will inspire and challenge readers to learn from the past for the sake of the future.
Foreword by Robert Kolb
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Let the Hammers Ring: The Legacy of the Reformation for the Church Today and Tomorrow
Edward E. Hindson
Part I: Celebrating the Theological Legacy of the Reformation
Chapter 1 What the Reformers Thought They Were Doing
Timothy George
Chapter 2 The Legacy of the Printing Press for the Production and Study of the Bible
Benjamin P. Laird
Chapter 3 The Priesthood of All Believers: Theological Intent and Subsequent Practice
Stephen Brett Eccher
Chapter 4 John Calvin and Penal Substitutionary Atonement
Paul Owen
Part II: Celebrating the Devotional Legacy of the Reformation
Chapter 5 Retrieving the Reformation for the Flourishing of Evangelical Spirituality
Nathan A. Finn
Chapter 6 Luther’s Theology of the Cross as a Model for Sanctification
John McKinley
Chapter 7 Theodore Beza, Latin Poetry, and Personal Worship
Michael Spangler
Part III: Celebrating the Legacy of Reformation Catechesis and Preaching
Chapter 8 The Confessing Church
Joseph Pipa Jr.
Chapter 9 Reformed Confessions and Confessional Faithfulness
Roger Schultz
Chapter 10 The Legacy of the Heidelberg Catechism
Adriaan C. Neele
Chapter 11 Luther and Calvin’s Theology of Preaching
Benjamin B. Phillips
Chapter 12 The Legacy and Re-Formation of Reformation Preaching: A Cry for Renascence
Kevin L. King
Part IV: Celebrating the Legacy of the Missions and Martyrs of the Reformation
Chapter 13 The Mangled Narrative of Missions and Evangelism in the Reformation
Ray Van Neste
Chapter 14 The Word of God as Missional Tinder of the Reformation
John D. Woodbridge
Chapter 15 Sola Scriptura and the Recovery of Bible Translation in Global Mission
Edward L. Smither
Chapter 16 “Church under the Cross”: Anabaptist Theology of Martyrdom
Rex D. Butler
Appendix 1: Latin Poetry
Appendix 2: Testimonies of the Anabaptist Women Martyred in the Reformation
Candi Finch
Editors and Contributors
Scripture Index
Name Index
Subject Index