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In this fast-paced and thought-provoking memoir, David Lyle Jeffrey recalls growing up in the ‘old-time’ Scottish Baptist tradition in rural Canada. With nostalgia, good humour, and sometimes lament, he considers his own theological and spiritual formation in a nearly vanished variety of Christian culture.

Table of Contents
  • Preface: The Way We Were
  • 1 The Sabbath
  • 2 Outhouse Theology
  • 3 Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting
  • 4 Baptism
  • 5 The Missionary Conference
  • 6 Churchy Expletives
  • 7 Youth Groups and the New Music
  • 8 Sin
  • 9 Salvation
  • 10 Grace
  • 11 Grave Matters
  • 12 Gratitude
  • 13 A Reckoning
  • Appendix: The Necessity of Biblical Language

We Were a Peculiar People Once

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      Publisher: Baylor University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/04/2023
      ISBN13: 9781481318761, 978-1481318761
      ISBN10: 1481318764
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In this fast-paced and thought-provoking memoir, David Lyle Jeffrey recalls growing up in the ‘old-time’ Scottish Baptist tradition in rural Canada. With nostalgia, good humour, and sometimes lament, he considers his own theological and spiritual formation in a nearly vanished variety of Christian culture.

      Table of Contents
      • Preface: The Way We Were
      • 1 The Sabbath
      • 2 Outhouse Theology
      • 3 Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting
      • 4 Baptism
      • 5 The Missionary Conference
      • 6 Churchy Expletives
      • 7 Youth Groups and the New Music
      • 8 Sin
      • 9 Salvation
      • 10 Grace
      • 11 Grave Matters
      • 12 Gratitude
      • 13 A Reckoning
      • Appendix: The Necessity of Biblical Language

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