Forthcoming: The Surprising Work of God

To Be Released July '08

Rosell, Garth. The Surprising Work of God: Harold John Ockenga, Billy Graham, and the Rebirth of Evangelicalism. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2008. Paperback. 288 pages. $19.99.

Publication date: Jul. 08 | Division: Baker Academic

ISBNs: 9780801035708 / 0801035708

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Garth M. Rosell (PhD, University of Minnesota) is professor of church history at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, where he has taught since 1978, and former director of the Ockenga Institute. He is the author or editor of eight books, including The Memoirs of Charles G. Finney and Commending the Faith: The Preaching of D. L. Moody.

Here is a very interesting forthcoming publication. I admit that the use of the term "interesting" is very subjective. It is interesting to me because I had just recently searched for information on Ockenga and the founding of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Also interesting to me is the title which draws a parallel between the growth of Evangelicalism and the spiritual awakening witnessed by Jonathan Edwards (note Edwards' Faithful Narrative of the Surprising Work of God. The subtitle elaborates this parallel: How America's 20th Century Evangelical Awakening Became a Worldwide Christian Movement.

There is a little bit more description available on Baker Academic's website. Hopefully they'll post an excerpt soon. I'm eager to read this one.

Forthcoming: The Surprising Work of God