Commendations for William Edgar's new book
History of the Reformed Presbyterian Church 1920–1980: Decade by Decade
If the present-day American church is witnessing the collapse of broad evangelicalism, an alternative to such disaster is found here: God’s faithfulness to the means of grace and those churches who seek God’s magisterial kingship and glory above all. This book is a must-read.
—ROSARIA BUTTERFIELD
author and speaker
...an honest, definitive, and searching account of faithful, but neither easy nor untroubled, ministry for the gospel and the lordship of Jesus Christ in North America and beyond....a light on the challenges facing the churches in our time.
—GORDON KEDDIE
RP preacher and author
Commendations for
7 Big Questions Your Life Depends On
This marvelous book is quintessential Bill Edgar: no fluff, no bull, no pretense, just full-on, straight-up heart-bracing, hair-raising, Christ-centered practical theology. Thinking Christians are people who value first principles, and in this accessible book, Bill Edgar masterfully identifies that first principles start with the right questions, questions that the Bible has already given to us. Brace yourself. This book will encourage you to become sharp, humble, and brave.
—ROSARIA BUTTERFIELD
author and speaker
When Dr. Edgar spoke in chapel, he would capture the attention of our football players, as well as the entire student body. His real-life application of the Bible was clearly defined and understood.
—GENO DEMARCO
head football coach, Geneva College
Edgar wastes no words bringing the reader to wrestle personally with well-known and critical questions that are found not only at key junctures in the Scriptures, but also at important moments throughout our lives.…the hope and life offered in Jesus Christ, is the lived experience and reality of the author…and he wants everyone to experience that reality as well.
—DAVID REESE
speaker, RPCNA minister, Young Life
Commendations for
History of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America 1871-1920
This is a well done and much-needed popular history of the period covered, with a very effective preamble covering the earlier existence of the church that was the focus of David Carson’s work. Only the author could have tackled this subject, as one whose roots, experience, and gifts uniquely and eminently equip him for the task. I look forward to the second volume, covering 1920-1980, from the same hand!
—GORDON KEDDIE
RP preacher and author
Reformed Presbyterians, who combined a conservative theology with an activist social vision, had an influence on late nineteenth century America well beyond their numbers. William Edgar explains what they believed and surveys their myriad missions. He thereby provides an essential account of a critical period in the denomination’s history.
—GAINES M. FOSTER
associate professor of history at Louisiana State University, author of Moral Reconstruction
History of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America 1871-1920
- Learn how the persecuted Cameronian remnant of the Church of Scotland held to Second Reformation orthodoxy in the new United States, spread westwards in lay-led Societies, and established their own institutions of governance, education, and social welfare.
- Learn how the Reformed Presbyterian (Covenanter) Church denounced the American Constitution for its protection of race-based slavery and also for its godlessness, endured much unpopularity, but nevertheless affected American society deeply.
- Learn how in 1871 the Covenanter Church in an America drenched in sin signed a covenant with six commitments, and then quarreled bitterly in 1891 over conflicting applications of two of them, and, by 1920, shrinking in size, lost interest in its covenant.
- Learn how from 1871–1920, hundreds of Covenanter preachers, teachers, and doctors took the Gospel of peace to freedmen in Selma, Alabama; Chinese and Jewish immigrants; Comanche tribesmen; Syrian Alawite villagers; peasants in South China; and others.