MAINSTREAM MESSENGER
Vol. 2, No.1 January 1999
Don't take our word for what the Bible and Baptists say about conscience.
LOOK IT UP YOURSELF !
Check these passages to form your own biblical understanding of conscience:
Psalm 24:4; 32:3-5; 51; Acts 23:1-5; 24:16; Romans 2:11-15; 9:1-6; 13:1-10; 1 Corinthians 4:1-5; 8:4-13; 10:24-32; 2 Corinthians 1:9-12; 4:1-5; 5:10-11; 1 Timothy 1:5-10; 1:19; 3:8-10; 4:1-5; 2 Timothy 1:3; Titus 1:15-16 Hebrews 9:7-15; 10:14-25; 13:14-18; 1 Peter 2:17-21; 3:15-22.
Check these sources for the Baptist distinctive of liberty of conscience:
Dawson, J. M. Baptists and the American Republic. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1956.
Estep, William R. Revolution within the Revolution: The First Amendment in Historical Context 1612-1789. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1990.
Gaustad, Edwin S. Liberty of Conscience: Roger Williams in America. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1991.
Groves, Richard, ed. A Short Declaration of the Mystery of Iniquity by Thomas Helwys. Macon: Mercer University Press, 1998.
Lumpkin, William L. Baptist Confessions of Faith. Valley Forge: Judson Press, 1959. See especially the London Confession of 1644, the first confession adopted by Baptists.
McLoughlin, William G. Soul Liberty: The Baptists Struggle in New England, 1630-1833. Hanover: University Press of New England, 1991.
Underwood, A.C. A History of the English Baptists. London: Baptist Union of Great Britain and Ireland, 1947.