Purchase Devoted to the Service of the Temple at Amazon Auctions

You can now bid on a copy of Devoted to the Service of the Temple: Persecution, Piety, and Ministry in the Writings of Hercules Collins beginning at $5.00 at Amazon.com Auctions. Or, you can buy it now for $7.50.  If this one gets gone, I’ll put another one up for auction.  So, don’t [...]

Hercules Collins Lives . . . Again

Along with the mention of Devoted to the Service of the Temple in Preaching Magazine’s 2007 Bible Reference survey article by Dr. Ray Van Neste, a couple of other reviews of the book have also been written recently. My friend, Scott Lamb, has written a review of the recent volume on Hercules Collins for [...]

Hercules Collins on Lazy Preachers

I spent a few hours last evening working on editing the text of Hercules Collins’ The Temple Repair’d. Virtually every line is applicable to preachers today. Most have an “ouch” factor. Such is the following indictment of lazy preachers by Mr. Collins.
If it be the duty of gospel ministers to study to [...]

Continuing My Work on Hercules Collins

The selections in the book, “Devoted to the Service of the Temple”:  Persecution, Piety and Ministry in the Writings of Hercules Collins, was the product of preliminary research done on my Th.M. thesis on Hercules Collins’ magnum opus published in 1702, the year of Collins’ death, The Temple Repair’d.  For my Th.M. thesis I am [...]

The Responses are Trickling In

Responses to “Devoted to the Service of the Temple”: Piety, Persecution, and Ministry in the Writings of Hercules Collins are beginning to trickle in. Several blogger friends have posted information about the volume, which I greatly appreciate. Sales, I am told, have been very good since the release on last Friday. [...]

They’re Here!

I can now hold a copy of “Devoted to the Service of the Temple”:  Piety, Persecution, and Ministry in the Writings of Hercules Collins  in my hands.  I just received via the USPS my free copies which the publisher has provided me as the book’s co-editor.  They look great!  A case of the books which [...]

“Devoted to the Service of the Temple” Now Available to Order

The good folks at Reformation Heritage Books have made the much anticipated (by me) and long awaited (ditto) volume on Hercules Collins available for order online today. It is available from RHB at 25% off of the retail price of $10.00 (If you’re struggling with the math, that means that it costs only $7.50!). [...]

“Devoted to the Service of the Temple” Has Arrived

The new book exploring the spirituality of 17th century Baptist pastor Hercules Collins is now in stock at Reformation Heritage Books and available for order online here.
Description:
While largely forgotten in modern times, Hercules Collins (1646/7-1702) was highly influential among the late 17th and early 18th century Calvinistic Baptists of London. Through a biographical sketch [...]

Dr. James Renihan Recommends “Devoted to the Service of the Temple”

In light of this Friday’s release of the book which I co-edited with Dr. Michael Haykin, I have decided to post a few blurbs over the next few days from “Devoted to the Service of the Temple”: Persecution, Piety, and Ministry in the Writings of Hercules Collins. The first, which was posted Tuesday, [...]

Geoff Thomas Recommends “Devoted to the Service of the Temple”

In light of this Friday’s release of the book which I co-edited with Dr. Michael Haykin, I have decided to post a few blurbs over the next few days from “Devoted to the Service of the Temple”: Persecution, Piety, and Ministry in the Writings of Hercules Collins. The first, which was posted yesterday, [...]