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Carl F. H. Henry on A. H. Strong
Henry’s dissertation at Boston University, entitled Personal Idealism and Strong’s Theology, was worked into this volume which maintains its scholarly style. It was fitting that Henry, the Baptist, would write a dissertation on the Baptist theologian, A. H. Strong. This … Continue reading
Augustus H. Strong and the Dilemma of Historical Consciousness
Grant Wacker writes this little book on A. H. Strong not so much as a biography in the traditional sense, but as an intellectual biography. He traces the inclinations of Strong from the standpoint of Strong’s progressive tendencies which he … Continue reading
An admirable model of teaching in A. H. Strong
The constructive mind is of a higher order than the destructive. The proclamation of positive truth wins converts where the denunciation of error attracts only transient attention. Wordsworth said well that ” we live by admiration, hope, and love.” I … Continue reading
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Rudolf Otto on Music’s Ability to Portray the Transcendent
On Bach’s Mass in B Minor: Its most mystical portion is the ‘Incarnatus’ in the ‘Credo’, and there the effect is due to the faint whispering, lingering sequence in the fugue structure, dying away pianissimo. The held breath and hushed … Continue reading
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A serious appraisal and a serious, if not, dismal question.
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