By Sean Michael Lucas
In the Nineteen Twenties and Nineteen Thirties, rising revolutionary management within the Presbyterian Church within the usa (PCUS) resulted in emerging dissent from conservatives. This attention-grabbing tale of conviction and fight resonates at the present time greater than ever.
"I do not care in case you are no longer a conservative Presbyterian; you continue to have to learn For a continuous Church. It tells an incredible but usually missed tale within the heritage of yankee evangelicalism —combining unique examine and amazing engagement with present scholarship. ... it's going to be learn largely, not just by means of historians, yet by means of someone who desires to think twice concerning the intersection of religion and culture."
-MATTHEW J. corridor, vp of educational providers, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
"This is ready way over the PCA. This booklet is not anything under a heritage of Presbyterianism within the 20th century—with all its theological wran¬gling, all its political maneuvering, all its failings, and all its faithfulness. this is often definitely a narrative worthy telling, and Sean tells it very well."
-KEVIN DEYOUNG, Senior Pastor, collage Reformed Church
"Full of either inspiring moments and cautionary stories. ... a loyal and interesting retelling of the church's prior within the provider of her current and destiny calling."
-STEPHEN J. NICHOLS, President, Reformation Bible university; leader educational Officer, Ligonier Ministries
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