Reformed Churchmen

We are Confessional Calvinists and a Prayer Book Church-people. In 2012, we remembered the 350th anniversary of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer; also, we remembered the 450th anniversary of John Jewel's sober, scholarly, and Reformed "An Apology of the Church of England." In 2013, we remembered the publication of the "Heidelberg Catechism" and the influence of Reformed theologians in England, including Heinrich Bullinger's Decades. For 2014: Tyndale's NT translation. For 2015, John Roger, Rowland Taylor and Bishop John Hooper's martyrdom, burned at the stakes. Books of the month. December 2014: Alan Jacob's "Book of Common Prayer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Book-Common-Prayer-Biography-Religious/dp/0691154813/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417814005&sr=8-1&keywords=jacobs+book+of+common+prayer. January 2015: A.F. Pollard's "Thomas Cranmer and the English Reformation: 1489-1556" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-English-Reformation-1489-1556/dp/1592448658/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1420055574&sr=8-1&keywords=A.F.+Pollard+Cranmer. February 2015: Jaspar Ridley's "Thomas Cranmer" at: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Cranmer-Jasper-Ridley/dp/0198212879/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422892154&sr=8-1&keywords=jasper+ridley+cranmer&pebp=1422892151110&peasin=198212879

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Robert Gromacki's "New Testament Survey"

Gromacki, Robert G. New Testament Survey. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic Books, 1974.

A recent edition is available at
http://www.amazon.com/New-Testament-Survey-Robert-Gromacki/dp/0801036267/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1377034920&sr=8-1&keywords=robert+gromacki

Some information on Mr. (Dr. Prof.) Robert Gromacki.   Mr. Gromacki is a premillenial, dispensational Baptist, just like our good friend, awesome leader, imperial mentor, infallible guide and authoritative voice before all his multiple transformations, odd manifestations, varied contortions and iterations...drum roll, please...for Mr. (bp.) Ray Sutton. But, back to Mr. Gromacki. ...


“Meet our Faculty and Staff.” Cedarville University. N.D. Accessed August 20, 2013. http://www.cedarville.edu/Academics/Biblical-and-Theological-Studies/Faculty-Staff.aspx

Biography: At Cedarville since 1960. Education and Credentials: (1) Postdoctoral study, Institute of Holy Land Studies (Jerusalem, Israel), (2) Th.D., Grace Theological Seminary, (3) Th.M., Dallas Theological Seminary, (4) Th.B., Baptist Bible Seminary.

Back to the 433-page volume. It has 60 illustrations and pictures, for which this scribe is an easy-sell. It has 8 maps, 16 charts, and 30 chapters. The bibliography, while not utterly exhaustive, is respectable given the limited purpose and intended audience for the book: first and second year college students. As a survey, it incorporates dictionary, encyclopedic, and exegetical gleanings without being any of these.  (But, it is non-Reformed, non-covenantal, non-Confessional, non-liturgical and is premillenial and dispensational.)  But, if one owned and digested the recommended works in the bibliography, one would have an excellent handle on the New Testament. We may build our own biography more fully with him, although Mr. (Rev. Dr. Prof.) Donald Guthrie’s Intro (which we can’t find around here and—on the binding—is broken anyways due to incessant use) is simply unsurpassed. I hope we find Mr. Guthrie's Intro. We'll be looking at his NT Theology in time, a retour. But, back to Mr. Gromacki's book of 30 chapters.

1. Backgrounds
2. Introduction
3. Gospels
4. Matthew
5. Mark
6. Luke
7. John
8. Acts
9. Romans
10. First Corinthians
11. Second Corinthians
12. Galatians
13. Ephesians
14. Philippians
15. Colossians
16. First Thessalonians
17. Second Thessalonians
18. First Timothy
19. Second Timothy
20. Titus
21. Philemon
22. Hebrews
23. James
24. First Peter
25. Second Peter
26. First John
27. Second John
28. Third John
29. Jude
30. Revelation

Bibliography
General Index
Scripture Index

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