Terry Wilder
Encyclopedia
Terry L. Wilder is professor of New Testament at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
in Fort Worth, Texas
. He previously served as academic editor for B&H Publishing Group in Nashville, Tennessee, and also as Research Professor of New Testament and Greek at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
in Kansas City, Missouri
.
released a volume entitled The Lost Sermons of Scottish Baptist Peter Grant
, which Wilder transcribed and edited from Grant's original manuscripts. This represents the first time that the sermons of Peter Grant
, an 18th/19th Century Baptist pastor at Grantown Baptist Church, Grantown-on-Spey
, Scotland
, have been published. Grant formed what became the largest Baptist congregation in the Gaelic-speaking Highlands, and was at the forefront of evangelism in the area.
Professor Michael D. McMullen stated that "We have relatively few extant records from the early life of Baptists in Scotland, and Wilder’s carefully presented collection of Grant’s writings makes a very valuable contribution to the little that is available. In this challenging volume, we have the powerful words of Peter Grant himself, some of which he preached to his people in the very midst of revival."
From the foreword by Scottish professor Donald Meek "Peter Grant, the poet, is thus well known, but Peter Grant, the preacher, is a relatively obscure figure, although his skills as an expositor have been remembered in Gaelic tradition, and his ability as a descriptive writer in English can be gauged from his reports to the Baptist Home Missionary Society. So far, however, we have not been privileged to sample the preaching style that proclaimed the Word of God, in both Gaelic and English, in the pulpit of Grantownon-Spey, and drew audiences from miles around. In this book, we are given a splendid opportunity to experience something of Peter Grant, the preacher, by means of his surviving sermons in English."
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, is a private, non-profit institution of higher education, associated with the Southern Baptist Convention...
in Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and...
. He previously served as academic editor for B&H Publishing Group in Nashville, Tennessee, and also as Research Professor of New Testament and Greek at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is one of six official seminaries of the Southern Baptist Convention. It is located in Kansas City, Missouri. Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary also houses an undergraduate college, Midwestern Baptist College, SBC. Although the seminary focuses...
in Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
.
Education
- Ph.D. - University of AberdeenUniversity of AberdeenThe University of Aberdeen, an ancient university founded in 1495, in Aberdeen, Scotland, is a British university. It is the third oldest university in Scotland, and the fifth oldest in the United Kingdom and wider English-speaking world...
, Scotland - M.Div.BL. - Southwestern Baptist Theological SeminarySouthwestern Baptist Theological SeminarySouthwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, is a private, non-profit institution of higher education, associated with the Southern Baptist Convention...
, - M.A. - Dallas Baptist UniversityDallas Baptist UniversityDallas Baptist University , formerly known as Dallas Baptist College, is a Christian liberal arts university located in Dallas, Texas. The main campus is located approximately fifteen miles southwest of downtown Dallas overlooking Mountain Creek Lake...
Contribution to Baptist Studies
In 2010 Wilder in partnership with BorderStone Press, LLCBorderStone Press, LLC
BorderStone Press is a limited liability publishing company located in the United States.Recent works include publications by Michael Haykin, Terry Wilder, Joshua F. Drake and Dale Palmer, as well as reprints of classic works by G.K...
released a volume entitled The Lost Sermons of Scottish Baptist Peter Grant
Peter Grant (pastor)
Peter Grant was a Scottish pastor, poet and songwriter. He was known as Pàdraig Grannd nan Oran , which became a household name in the Highlands of Scotland for nearlyfifty years...
, which Wilder transcribed and edited from Grant's original manuscripts. This represents the first time that the sermons of Peter Grant
Peter Grant (pastor)
Peter Grant was a Scottish pastor, poet and songwriter. He was known as Pàdraig Grannd nan Oran , which became a household name in the Highlands of Scotland for nearlyfifty years...
, an 18th/19th Century Baptist pastor at Grantown Baptist Church, Grantown-on-Spey
Grantown-on-Spey
Grantown-on-Spey is a town in the Highland Council Area in Scotland.It was founded in 1765 as a planned settlement on a low plateau at Freuchie beside the river Spey at the northern edge of the Cairngorm mountains, about 20 miles South East of Inverness .It is the main town in what was the...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
, have been published. Grant formed what became the largest Baptist congregation in the Gaelic-speaking Highlands, and was at the forefront of evangelism in the area.
Professor Michael D. McMullen stated that "We have relatively few extant records from the early life of Baptists in Scotland, and Wilder’s carefully presented collection of Grant’s writings makes a very valuable contribution to the little that is available. In this challenging volume, we have the powerful words of Peter Grant himself, some of which he preached to his people in the very midst of revival."
From the foreword by Scottish professor Donald Meek "Peter Grant, the poet, is thus well known, but Peter Grant, the preacher, is a relatively obscure figure, although his skills as an expositor have been remembered in Gaelic tradition, and his ability as a descriptive writer in English can be gauged from his reports to the Baptist Home Missionary Society. So far, however, we have not been privileged to sample the preaching style that proclaimed the Word of God, in both Gaelic and English, in the pulpit of Grantownon-Spey, and drew audiences from miles around. In this book, we are given a splendid opportunity to experience something of Peter Grant, the preacher, by means of his surviving sermons in English."
List of Works
- editor, The Lost Sermons of Scottish Baptist Peter Grant, Borderstone Press, LLC (2010), afterword by Michael HaykinMichael HaykinDr. Michael A.G. Haykin is the Professor of Church History and Biblical Spirituality and Director of The Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary....
; foreword by Donald Meek. ISBN-13: 978-0984228492 - editor, Entrusted with the Gospel, Paul's Theology in the Pastoral Epistles, B&H Academic; Original edition (April 1, 2010).
- content contributor to Hebrews, James, the Apologetics Study Bible, Holman Bible Publishers (October 1, 2007).
- co-author with J. Daryl Charles and Kendell Easley, Faithful to the End: An Introduction to Hebrews through Revelation, B&H Academic (September 1, 2007).
- Pseudonymity, the New Testament, and Deception: An Inquiry into Intention and Reception, University Press of America (April 13, 2004).