Matthew Bingham on Baptist Origins, Historiography, and Being “Reformed”




Church Grammar show

Summary: <br> This episode is a conversation with Dr. Matthew Bingham of Oak Hill College. We discuss how to understand Baptist history (1:28), the shared identity of 17th-century baptistic churches in the context of the English Reformation (4:50), the development of a Baptist identity (25:57), popular Baptist history truisms (30:37), what it means to be a "Reformed" Baptist (45:46), and more. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&amp;rh=p_27%3AMatthew+C.+Bingham&amp;s=relevancerank&amp;text=Matthew+C.+Bingham&amp;ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1%2F%3Ftag%3Dbdsmith-20">Buy Matthew's books</a>.<br> <br> <br> <br> Church Grammar is presented by the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.csbible.com/" target="_blank">Christian Standard Bible</a>. Intro music: Purple Dinosaur by <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.nobigdyl.com/" target="_blank">nobigdyl.</a> Producer: Katie Larson.<br> <br> <br> <br> You can preorder Brandon's new book, <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.amazon.com/Trinity-Book-Revelation-Apocalypse-Christian/dp/1514004186/?tag=bdsmith-20" target="_blank">The Trinity in the Book of Revelation: Seeing Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in John's Apocalypse</a> (IVP Academic, 2022).<br> <br> <br> <br> Brandon D. Smith is Assistant Professor of Theology &amp; New Testament at <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.cedarville.edu/Academic-Schools-and-Departments/Biblical-and-Theological-Studies/Faculty-Staff/Smith-Brandon.aspx" target="_blank">Cedarville University</a>, a co-founder of the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.centerforbaptistrenewal.com" target="_blank">Center for Baptist Renewal</a>, and <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.amazon.com/Brandon-D-Smith/e/B00L1VCU46/?tag=bdsmith-20" target="_blank">writes things</a>. You can follow him <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.twitter.com/brandon_d_smith" target="_blank">on Twitter</a> at @brandon_d_smith.<br> <br> <br> <br> *** This podcast is designed to discuss all sorts of topics from various points of view. Therefore, guests’ views do not always reflect the views of the host, his church, or his institution.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br>