"You Will be My Witnesses": A Festschrift in Honor of the Reverend Dr. Allison A. Trites on the Occasion of His RetirementR. Glenn Wooden, Timothy R. Ashley, Robert S. Wilson Mercer University Press, 2003 - 319 pages "The publication of this volume celebrates thirty-seven extraordinary years of teaching at Acadia Divinity College and more years than that of dedicated service to the church. It is a joy to honor the lifetime service of Allison Trites for his ministry of teaching and service to the church. His commitment to the work of Christ has been an encouragement to all of his colleagues, fellow workers, and students, not to mention his fellow church members at the Wolfville United Baptist Church" (from the foreword). The two sections of this excellent collection of essays are "Biblical Studies" and "History and Theology, " and include contributions by the following. Timothy R. Ashley Manfred T. Brauch Daniel Goodwin Larry J. Kreitzer Richard N. Longenecker Tim McLay Andrew MacRae James R. C. Perkin Kevin Quast Alan P. F. Sell Robert S. Wilson John Tudno Williams Roy Williams R. Glenn Wooden |
Contents
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A Reappraisal | 53 |
51 b53 | 81 |
An Unorthodox Witness John 41 42 | 94 |
The Pauline Concept of Mutuality as a Basis for Lukes Theme of Witness | 109 |
the Undercover Evangelists of Hierapolis | 127 |
Key to the Tension in Pauls Eschatological Thought | 144 |
History and Theology | 165 |
a thing begunne rather then fynnesshed William Tyndale as Witness | 166 |
Deism Thomas Paine and Andrew Fuller | 188 |
Baptismal Practice and Popular Belief among Regular Baptists in Maritime Canada | 230 |
Changing Patterns of Growth among Maritime Regular Baptists 18501900 | 261 |
This Little Light of Mine in a Postmodern Word | 279 |
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