SUMMARY OF JACK COTTRELL’S “COLLECTED WRITINGS” SERIES: VOLUME FIVE: ONE BAPTISM INTO CHRIST, by Jack Cottrell INTRODUCTION I have written much on baptism, including a book called Baptism: A Biblical Study, published by College Press in 1989 and later in a slightly revised edition. It is still in print. See also the first two chapters in former student David Fletcher’s book, Baptism and the Remission of Sins, first published by College Press in 1990 and now by Hester Publications. In this latter book I write chapter one, “The Biblical Consensus: Historical Backgrounds to Reformed Theology” (pp. 17-38); and also chapter … Continue reading →

SUMMARY OF JACK COTTRELL’S “COLLECTED WRITINGS” SERIES: VOLUME THREE: THE GOD OF THE BIBLE, by Jack Cottrell INTRODUCTION The third volume in my “Collected Writings” series is all about God, and is titled The God of the Bible. It contains 30 rather brief studies of various aspects of God’s NATURE (part one) and God’s WORKS (part two). It is impossible for me to summarize all of the essays here. I will select a few for this purpose, and just basically list the others that appear in the two sections. PART ONE A. “Describing God” (pp. 3-9). Here I give very … Continue reading →

SUMMARY OF JACK COTTRELL’S “COLLECTED WRITINGS” SERIES: VOLUME ONE: THE UNITY OF TRUTH, BY Jack Cottrell INTRODUCTION My 18-volume set of “Collected Writings” began in the following way. My lifelong work has centered around the idea of the reality of truth, or “sound doctrine.” This is based on the evidence for and conviction of the inerrancy and authority of the Bible. Many Christians accept this view of the Bible, and the reality of its truth, but leave it up to each individual to place his or her own meaning upon specific Biblical teachings: “You interpret it your way; I’ll interpret … Continue reading →