No Better Gospel
Tim McKnight is the Director of the Great Commission Center and Assistant Professor of Missions and Youth Ministry at Anderson University’s Clamp Divinity School in Anderson, SC. He received his Masters of Divinity in Missions and his Ph.D. in Evangelism, Missions, and Church History, from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He pastored churches throughout Kentucky, Alabama, North Carolina, and South Carolina. He is also a veteran, having served as an infantry chaplain in the U.S. Army.
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What a joy it is to recommend No Better Gospel, an illuminating new book on the theology and evangelistic methodology of George Whitefield! Timothy McKnight offers a thoughtful analysis of Whitefield’s doctrinal formulations and ministry methodology, as well as insights from Whitefield’s larger historical context. In addition, readers will find wise and helpful guidance regarding the importance of doctrinal preaching, our stewardship of the gospel, the wide-ranging work of evangelism, and faithful pastoral ministry. We congratulate and salute Prof. McKnight for his splendid work in bringing together this informative, engaging, and well-researched volume on the life, thought, and ministry of the highly influential 18th-century evangelist.
David S. Dockery, president, Trinity International University/Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
In a day in which there is a battle for the gospel, Dr. Tim McKnight has provided the church with a valuable volume devoted to the incomparable gospel, No Other Gospel. The author takes George Whitefield’s theology of evangelism, which is biblically driven and theologically informed and presents it as a model for 21st-century evangelism and a contemporary mirror for effective proclamation. This book is not for those who seek to be prophets for profit. Rather, it is for those who are faithful in planting and watering the Word in anticipation of the Lord giving the increase!
Dr. Robert Smith, Jr. Charles T. Carter Baptist Chair of Divinity Beeson Divinity School Samford University
As a young seminarian a leader encouraged me to read at least one biography a year the rest of my life. This routine introduced me to a plethora of people used of God in history. George Whitefield rises to the top of all those whose lives I surveyed. He has become one of my favorite evangelists. My friend Tim McKnight has given the church a valuable resource on the life of Whitefield. This volume is both theologically rich and practically accessible. It demonstrates the heart and life of a man used of God while not ignoring he had feet of clay. Read it and be encouraged!
Alvin L. Reid, Senior Professor of Evangelism and Student Ministry/Bailey Smith Chair of Evangelism, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, NC