"The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of Alabama: Their Leaders and Their Work" by Charles Octavius Boothe is a significant historical work that documents the contributions and achievements of African American Baptists in Alabama. Boothe meticulously details the lives and ministries of prominent leaders within the community, highlighting their struggles and triumphs in the face of adversity. This comprehensive account serves not only as a tribute to these individuals but also as a vital ...

Possibly some one may desire at some time and for some reason to know something of the author of this book, and therefore he submits the following short statement: Lineage and Nativity.—His great-grandmother was born on the west coast of Africa and was brought a slave to Virginia, where his grandmother was born. Ere his grandmother had reached her maturity of womanhood, she was sold into Georgia, where his mother was born. While his mother was still a child, she and her mother were carried...

La doctrina evangélica de la adopción -descrita claramente como "un acto de la gracia gratuita de Dios, por el cual somos recibidos en el número, y tenemos derecho a todos los privilegios, de los hijos de Dios"- ha recibido un tratamiento escaso por parte de los teólogos. Ha sido tratada con una mezquindad totalmente desproporcionada con respecto a su importancia intrínseca y con una subordinación que sólo le permite un lugar parentético en el sistema de la verdad evangélica. No conozco ni...

Robert Alexander Webb nos introduce en la importancia de esta doctrina vital, dándonos tres razones por las que es tan importante. Charles Spurgeon declara que el acto de Dios de predestinar a los pecadores a la adopción de hijos es un acto de pura gracia. ¿Cuáles son las causas de la adopción? John Gill responde demostrando la obra de gracia del Padre, el Hijo y el Espíritu Santo como la causa de ese milagro de la gracia. John Murray describe la paternidad de Dios bíblicamente, distinguié...