Few commentaries are scholarly, practical, and interesting reading. Paige Patterson has given us a treatise that accomplishes all three." -Adrian Rogers First Baptist Church Memphis, Tennessee "With genuine excitement I recommend 'A Pilgrim Priesthood'. Most commentaries put you to sleep - this one will wake you up." -H. Edwin Young Second Baptist Church Houston, Texas "I am happy to recommend the commentary on 1 Peter by Dr. Paige Patterson to all of our Christian people around the world....I am confident this volume will make a great contribution to the lives of those who study it." -James T. Draper, Jr. President Southern Baptist Convention "Written from a Bible believing, conservative point of view, it is both scholarly and practical, serious and devotional. Pastors, Sunday school teachers, and scholars will find this volume extremely helpful." -Jerry Vines First Baptist Church Jacksonville, Florida
The island of Crete was a tough place. It was to the Roman world what the urban ghettos and favelas of today's great cities are to our neighborhoods. Paul needed a young missionary with energy, zeal, wisdom, determination, faith, and courage to embark on a mission to the fabled but fateful home of the Minotaur and the mythological birthplace of Zeus. Charged with the task of finding elders for the churches and grounding these churches in the faith of the Apostles was the unenviable task given to a driven, passionate young preacher named Titus. The instruction of the missionary-theologian Paul to one of his sons in the ministry beckons the reader to follow into the Labyrinth of Crete and see that in both the first century and in the contemporary urban setting, God's redemptive grace is adequate to change both life and eternity.
This publication by Southwestern Seminary President Paige Patterson offers a brief look into the question of baptism. Diving into some of the key Scripture references to baptism in the New Testament, "What is Baptism" examines the mode of baptism as well as the question of the relationship of salvation and baptism.
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