Description: James Leo Garrett Jr. has been called "the last of the gentlemen theologians" and "the dean of Southern Baptist theologians." In The Collected Writings of James Leo Garrett Jr., 1950-2015, the reader will find a truly dazzling collection of works that clearly evince the meticulous scholarship, the even-handed treatment, the biblical fidelity, the wide historical breadth, and the honest sincerity that have made the work and person of James Leo Garrett Jr. so esteemed and revered among so many. Volume 3 contains his works on ecclesiology and provides much-needed light in a day of great confusion on many issues related to the nature, purpose, and mission of the church. Spanning sixty-five years and touching on topics from Baptist history, theology, ecclesiology, church history and biography, religious liberty, Roman Catholicism, and the Christian life, The Collected Writings of James Leo Garrett Jr., 1950-2015 will inform and inspire readers regardless of their religious or denominational affiliations.
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Wyman Richardson is the pastor of Central Baptist Church in North Little Rock, Arkansas. He is the author of Walking Together: A Congregational Reflection on Biblical Church Discipline (Wipf & Stock) and On Earth As It Is In Heaven: Reclaiming Regenerate Church Membership (Founders Press). He is the editor of the eight volume The Collected Writings of James Leo Garrett Jr., 1950-2015 (Resource). He has published articles in Leadership, the Southwestern Journal of Theology, the 9Marks Journal, Founders Journal, and The Chesterton Review. He and his wife, Roni Richardson, have one daughter, Hannah.