Earnest

“B.T. Roberts was a wise and inspirational human. This collection of essays explores some of his thought while also taking some of his ideas in new directions. This book not only highlights the fruit of Roberts’ thought and life, it proves his ideas can spark fruitful reflection today.”


—Thomas Jay Oord, Author of The Uncontrolling Love of God 





“B.T. Roberts saw clearly that God’s salvation runs through the heart of all creation. Koehl and Basinger’s collection of interdisciplinary essays on Roberts’ life and work offers Christians a model for earnest discipleship that displays the inseparability of holiness and social action. Roberts shows us there are no limits to the church’s prophetic witness, and that the world’s ‘business as usual’ approach is strikingly out of step with the way things are in the world that has been forever changed by Christ.”


—Benjamin D. Wayman, James F. and Leona N. Andrews Chair for Christian Unity, Greenville University, author of Ordaining Women: New Edition with an Introduction and Notes by B. T. Roberts





“Earnest expands the scope of study of B.T. Roberts beyond just Biblical history and theology to include economics, environmentalism, and rhetoric. Specifically, Dr. Berry’s classical rhetorical analysis of Ordaining Women is a much needed addition to the Roberts canon. For anyone interested in studying the holiness movement or nineteenth-century religious reform, Earnest provides a comprehensive glimpse into the burned over district in New York.”


—Christy Mesaros-Winckles, Chair, Communication Arts and Sciences, Adrian College