Journal: Bibliotheca Sacra
Volume: BSAC 112:446 (Apr 1955)
Article: Periodical Reviews
Author: James F. Rand

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Periodical Reviews

James F. Rand

Baker, Robert A., “The North Rocky Mount Baptist Church Decision,” Review and Expositor, 52:1:55–62, January, 1955.

The able professor of church history at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary presents a valuable discussion of the issues involved in the recent judicial decision when a minority was allowed to retain the church property after a majority had voted to leave the denomination. The text of this decision was carried in full in the July, 1954, issue of the Review and Expositor as has been previously noted in this column. Because of the importance of this decision to all churches holding to the congregational form of government, Dr. Baker’s discussion should be read.

There is much wisdom in one of his solutions to the problems engendered by the action of the courts; namely, the drawing up of an agreement covering the rights of the majority and the minority. “Articles dealing with the possibility of schism would not be difficult to word in such fashion that the will of the church could be carried out in the event of division. It would then be unnecessary for a secular tribunal to determine which part of a Baptist church was the true church. Many of the dangers inherent in the whole issue of court action would then be minimized.”

Bear, James Edward, “The Epistle to the Romans,” Interpretation, 9:1:53–70, January, 1955.

How to study the book of Romans is an accurate description of the content of this article. To this end he briefly discusses methods of study, areas for special study, versions for study, and commentaries. The principles set forth here are so basic that they may be used in the study of any Biblical book. The author, a member of the faculty of Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Va., to our mind ably fulfills his aim which he sets forth succinctly in these words. “We are writing primarily with two groups in mind. First, those who would like to undertake a study of this letter, but who are a little hazy about how they can best go about it. For them methods will be suggested which, of course, may be applied to any book study. Second, we have in mind those who may have done some work on this epistle, but might be helped by suggestions about the study of the various sections of the letter.”

Beatty, Donald C., “Shall We Talk about Death?” Pastoral Psychology, 6:51:11–14, February, 1955.

There is probably no question more puzzling to the Christian worker than the one faced in this article: shall the patient be told that death is near? In the same issue a number of medical doctors, preachers and psychiatrists also

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