The Backslider

Andrew Fuller was, in my opinion, one of the greatest theologians, which modern times, or any times have produced, and his writings are an almost inexhaustible mine of doctrinal, practical, and experimental truth, which every Christian and especially every minister, would do well to explore. No man better understood The Bible, or the human heart both in its un-renewed and its regenerate state. Among all his various practical treatises, there are few, if any, of greater value than that on Backsliding. Like a most skilful physician, he explains, with singular ability, the nature of the disease, lays down the symptoms of it, and prescribes the method of recovery. - John Angell James Andrew Fuller (1754-1815) was an outstanding figure with qualities that make him one of the most attractive figures in Baptist history. Many in his day could echo the words of his very close friend William Carey , 'I loved him. The Backslider: or an Inquiry into the Nature, Symptoms, and Effects of Religious Declension, with the Means of Recovery was originally published in 1801. Fuller's work, though, has stood the test of time and well merits the description by John Ryland as an invaluable piece of practical divinity.' - Michael Haykin.

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Education

Tags:

• backsliding
• sin
• repentance
• reading
• audio
• book

[reformedman]

I'm glad that you found benefit in it. I don't record the whole book, I only record a small section of all the books that I found most profitable to my own soul.

I do hope that this little taste of the book will encourage you to buy the book.

[OnTheFiringLine]

I hate that this just ends and doesn't deal with how to overcome a backsliding spirit. Are you gonna do a second and finish the book?