Edited by Timothy L. Decker and Jon English Lee
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Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary has long sought to unite informed scholarship with a pastoral heart. Few men embody that aspiration more clearly than Samuel E. Waldron. For nearly five decades, he has served Christ’s church as a pastor, preacher, teacher, author, theologian and seminary president. His labours have shaped Reformed Baptist churches, ministers and institutions throughout the world.
Published in honor of his seventy-fifth birthday, this volume brings together sixteen essays from Waldron’s family, friends, colleagues and former students. Together, they address subjects central to his own ministry, including pastoral theology, biblical exegesis, the 1689 Baptist Confession, the Sabbath, the regulative principle of worship, Christology, justification and eschatology.
— Jeffrey Johnson
— Sugel Michelén
— Richard C. Barcellos
— Timothy L. Decker
— Robert Gonzales
— Jeffrey S. Smith
— Fred A. Malone
— Jeffrey B. Johnson
— Jim Savastio
— Ron Miller
— James M. Renihan
— Joel R. Beeke
Arranged across four sections—Pastoral Theology and Ministry, Exegetical Theology, Confessional Theology and History, and Systematic Theology—these essays reflect the breadth of Waldron’s own theological and pastoral concerns.
This is not merely a collection of academic studies. Each essay demonstrates how careful scholarship can serve the preaching, worship, doctrine and pastoral ministry of the local church. Together, they exemplify the conviction that theological learning should produce clearer preaching, stronger churches and more faithful service to Christ.
The Informed Scholar with a Pastoral Heart will serve pastors, elders, theological students and thoughtful Christians who wish to deepen their understanding of Scripture, confessional theology and the work of Christian ministry.
The Informed Scholar with a Pastoral Heart is a collection of sixteen essays written in honor of Samuel E. Waldron. The book celebrates his seventy-fifth birthday and reflects the principal theological and pastoral concerns that have characterised his ministry. It combines personal reflections upon Waldron’s life with substantial studies in pastoral, biblical, confessional, historical and systematic theology.
This volume is particularly suited to pastors, elders, theological students and readers interested in Reformed Baptist theology. It will also benefit Christians seeking serious but church-centred treatments of biblical exegesis, confessional doctrine, Baptist history and pastoral ministry.
Rather than presenting an unrelated assortment of academic papers, the essays are organised around subjects that have defined Samuel Waldron’s ministry and writing. The volume intentionally joins careful theological scholarship with concern for the local church, while its personal reflections and extensive bibliography provide a fuller picture of Waldron’s life, character and enduring influence.
| Title | The Informed Scholar with a Pastoral Heart: Essays in Honor of Samuel E. Waldron |
|---|---|
| Editors | Timothy L. Decker and Jon English Lee |
| Contributors | Richard C. Barcellos; Joel R. Beeke; Brice Bigham; Benjamin Carlson; Timothy L. Decker; Robert Gonzales; Tom Hicks; Jeffrey Johnson; Jeffrey B. Johnson; Jon English Lee; Fred A. Malone; Sugel Michelén; Ronald D. Miller; James M. Renihan; Jim Savastio; Jeffrey S. Smith; Charlene Waldron |
| Imprint | CBTS Press |
| Format | Cloth hardcover with dust jacket |
| Binding | Durable Sewn Interior (Italian Finely Milled Paper), Bound and Glued to Hard Buckram Cloth Boards, with Wibalin Endpapers |
| ISBN | 978-1-917873-22-2 |
| Size | 229 × 152 mm (6 × 9 inches) |
