James Sidlow Baxter (1903 in Australia – 1999) was a

pastor A pastor (abbreviated to "Ps","Pr", "Pstr.", "Ptr." or "Psa" (both singular), or "Ps" (plural)) is the leader of a Christianity, Christian congregation who also gives advice and counsel to people from the community or congregation. In Lutherani ...

and

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, and later served as an evangelist. He authored as many as thirty booksAmazon.com author page for J. Sidlow Baxter
(depending on how anthologies and collections of sermons are to be counted) analysing the

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and advocating a

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theological perspective. His most popular work was ''Explore the Book'', a 1760-page tome that analyses and summarizes each book of the Bible. Baxter was raised in

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, England, and attended

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in London before pastoring in England and Scotland, in

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and

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. Memories of his early campaigns in Essex in about 1926 survive in the ''Memories of C. Everett''. Baxter married Ethel Smith, with whom he had a daughter, Miriam. Baxter developed acute diabetes at the age of 63, which provided additional motivation for his work.

References

External links

Dr. J. Sidlow Baxter, Conference Speaker, Author

Writing examples

Our Bible: The Most Critical Issue by J. Sidlow Baxter
1903 births 1999 deaths Australian Christian theologians Protestant writers Alumni of Spurgeon's College {{Christian-theologian-stub