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 PrintableVersion Heroes and hereticsKeep perseveringHEROES AND HERETICS How do you interest modern Christians in their heritage? Iain D. Campbell has provided an answer. He also shows that Christians need to be concerned about history. Ignorance of the past bodes ill for the future. We are all prone to repeat old mistakes and often fail to see that bright new ideas may well be ancient heresies. The substance of this book was the Millennium project of Back Free Church of Scotland in the Island of Lewis where it was delivered as a series of half hour lectures. To cover a century in half an hour is a daunting task, but Mr. Campbell has managed remarkably. Many Christians have difficulty in understanding the early church and the Middle Ages but we are shown that the work of God went on and in Jesus Christ continued to be preached although at times the testimony was obscured. Inevitably the work is selective. Iain Campbell has emphasised events in Scotland, but he was ad-dressing a Scottish congregation and no doubt the perspective differs. Nevertheless a few points are surprising. William Tyndale is presented as a precursor of the Reformation rather than a Reformer. He has nothing to say about British evangelicalism south of the border in his chapter on the 20th century. Nevertheless this book provides a good introduction to a great subject. A concise bibliography points the way to further reading. It is well written and is recommended. Robert W. Oliver, © Evangelicals Now - September 2004 |
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