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Book Reviews

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Rosalie Hall Hunt. Bless God and Take Courage—The Judson History and Legacy. Valley Forge, PA: Judson Press, 2005. 403 pages. Reviewed by Fred Moritz. The story of Adoniram Judson, his wives, and his ministry in Burma stirs us every time we read it. Although the...

President Obama and Gay Marriage

by º£½ÇÔ­´´ | Sunesis

How disappointing to hear the President of the United States declare his support for same-sex marriage. He has indicated that his position on marriage has evolved. Even more disappointing was his declaration that Jesus supports his position. The President’s liberalism...

Controversy over “Immersion”

by º£½ÇÔ­´´ | Sunesis

From the earliest days of the British and Foreign Bible Society (founded in 1804) and the American Bible Society (founded in 1816), Baptists supported and encouraged the translation of the Bible into numerous languages. A conflict eventually developed which caused the...

Burma Sees More Freedom

by º£½ÇÔ­´´ | Sunesis

Myanmar, better known to many as Burma, closed its borders to much of the world after a military coup in 1962. There were numerous Baptists in Burma at that time, and they were reflective of American, and to a lesser degree, English Baptists – fundamentalist Baptists...

Judson and American Baptist Missions

by º£½ÇÔ­´´ | Sunesis

When Adoniram Judson left America as its first foreign missionary, only the Congregationalists were supporting missionaries. Adoniram and Ann Judson were not the only missionaries sent out by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Accompanying the...