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  • King James Bible at 400 900 Years of Getting the Bible into “English”

    An Illustrated Lecture Joel F. Drinkard, Jr. Lecture, 400th Anniversary Celebration of the King James Bible Campbellsville University November 10, 2011 Introduction The year 2011 marked the 400th anniversary of the appearance of the King James Bible. This article looks back briefly at 900 years of historical Bible copying and translating, the 900 years before…

  • Baptist Affiliation

    William Loyd Allen Lecture, Baptist Heritage Lecture Series March 3, 2015 In 2006, the Georgia Baptist Convention severed its ties with Mercer University, ending a 170-year-old relationship between the two. When the news broke, a student in one of my classes asked: “Dr. Allen, what happens now that Mercer is no longer a Baptist school?”…

  • Who Moved My Old Landmark? Changing Definitions of Landmarkism in the Early Twentieth Century

    Christopher Bart Barber Lecture, Baptist Heritage Lecture Series Campbellsville University 18 March 2014 Introduction The most powerful theological force in the Western two-thirds of the Southern Baptist Convention at the turn of the twentieth century was Landmarkism. From the Llano Estacado to the banks of the Cumberland, from the Ozark Plateau to the Gulf Coast…

  • The Invisible Power of Culture to Oppress: What Every Christian Needs to Know about Gender Justice

    Mimi Haddad Lecture, Christians for Biblical Equality Lecture Series Campbellsville University 1 September 2015 With astonishing tenacity, nearly every religious or philosophical tradition, including Christianity, has advanced the innate superiority of males throughout history. While women consistently provide the highest moral, spiritual and intellectual rescue,[1] it was not until the late 1700s that Christians, particularly…

  • Revisiting the Concept of a Baptist University

    Dwayne Howell[1] Introduction Since their beginning, Baptists have seen a need for education, especially of their clergy. However, along with those who advocated the development of schools, other Baptists opposed education on the grounds that it hindered the Spirit’s work. This debate has raged for close to 400 years and continues in one way or…