Mark by the Book J. Nelson Jennings Edwards is perhaps best known

Edwards is perhaps best known as the theologian of revival

Such was the depth and power of his intellect that annually new books and articles on his work come into print

a wise old country farm worker

Taking as his starting point William Tennent’s unpretentious theological school (contemptuously called the ‘Log College’)

These themes were Bunyan’s great passion

Mark by the Book J. Nelson Jennings Edwards is perhaps best knownP. W. Smuts uses the gospel of Mark as a springboard to compel readers to interpret the Synoptic Gospels against the broader sweep of redemptive history by advocating a multidirectional hermeneutic one that looks downward into the immediate context, sideways into parallel traditions, backward into the Old Testament background, and forward into relevant New Testament passages.