For many people, knowing about God is not enough; they also want to feel God's presence. Whether like St. Paul's experience on the road to Damascus or like Wesley's "strangely warmed heart," people believe that nothing can substitute for religious experience. Even today, people …
The character of America is tied to the nature of our religious experience. Whether like Paul's experience on the road to Damascus or Wesley's “strangely warmed heart,” the desire to meet or be met by God is as old as humanity. But America has been the fertile seed bed for what …
Bill Leonard wades through the murky waters of the Baptist past and explores the historic commitments of this unique people -- all in an effort to shed light on its contemporary dilemmas and evaluate the prospects for a Baptist future. --from publisher description.
Why being Baptist is still worth the effort.