Ian Shaw reviews The 1689 Handbook by Robert Strivens.
The increase in numbers of Reformed Baptist churches, due initially to the ministry of Martyn Lloyd-Jones and the emergence of associational bodies outside of theologically liberal denominations, has encouraged a return to the confessional legacy of the 1689 Baptist Confession.
Robert Strivens writes out of a concern over many years to apply the challenges and lessons of Baptist history to the present. His approach in this book, like that of the authors of the original Confession, is to highlight wherever possible the wide areas of agreement between Baptists, Presbyterians (the Westminster Confession) and Congregationalists (the Savoy Declaration).
