A Journey Through the New Testament: The Story of Christ and How He Developed the Church

by Elmer L. Towns

Book by Elmer L. Towns

Genres: Nonfiction, Christian

360 pages, Paperback

First published December 5, 1996

About the author

Dr. Elmer Towns is a college and seminary professor, an author of popular and scholarly works (the editor of two encyclopedias), a popular seminar lecturer, and dedicated worker in Sunday school, and has developed over 20 resource packets for leadership education. He began teaching at Midwest Bible College, St. Louis, Missouri, for three years and was not satisfied with his textbooks so he began writing his own (he has published over 100 books listed in the Library of Congress, 7 listed in the Christian Booksellers Best Selling List; several becoming accepted as college textbooks. He is also the 1995 recipient of the coveted Gold Medallion Award awarded by the Christian Booksellers Association for writing the Book of the Year, i.e., The Names of the Holy Spirit.

He was President of Winnipeg Bible College for five years, leading it to receive American Accreditation and Provincial authority to offer degrees (1960-1965). He taught at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, in greater Chicago, Illinois, in the field of Religious Education and Evangelism (1965-1971).

He is co-founder of Liberty University, with Jerry Falwell, in 1971, and was the only full-time teacher in the first year of Liberty's existence. Today, the University has over 11,400 students on campus with 39,000 in the Distance Learning Program (now Liberty University Online), and he is the Dean of the School of Religion.

Dr. Towns has given theological lectures and taught intensive seminars at over 50 theological seminaries in America and abroad. He holds visiting professorship rank in five seminaries. He has written over 2,000 reference and/or popular articles and received six honorary doctoral degrees. Four doctoral dissertations have analyzed his contribution to religious education and evangelism.

His personal education includes a B.S. from Northwestern College in Minneapolis, Minnesota, a M.A. from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, a Th.M. from Dallas Theological Seminary also in Dallas, a MRE from Garrett Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois, and a D.Min. from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California.

Reviews

[Dr Author O Wright, PhD, MinD, ThD, DD · Rating 4 out of 5]

Journey through to the New Testament (The Story of Christ and How He Developed the Church) by Elmer L. Towns presents a very uncommon approach in getting an understanding of those who shaped and influenced the initiation and organization of the early Christian church. By identifying persons, places, and situations responsible for laying the groundwork of the early Christians movement, Dr. Towns takes his students on an exciting journey through the First Century Christian era. He traveled very methodically presenting every person of influence representing the beginning of the New Testament era so that students could get a comprehensive understanding of Christ’s teaching and the Holy Spirit influence on those of the early church. Through these persons of influence, this author presented a comprehensive compilation of the personnel makeup of the biblical world of the early church. He also delicately described the incomparable role the Holy Spirit played in influencing and shaping the beliefs and doctrines of those who labored in the new Christian‘s movement. This book is truly a valuable aid to biblical students who desire to know more about the men and women who played a visible role in the development of the New Testament church.

[Dr Author O Wright, PhD, MinD, ThD, DD · Rating 4 out of 5]

A Journey Through the Old Testament: The Story of How God Developed His People In The Old Testament by Elmer L. Towns is truly a remarkable study of the Old Testament. Indeed, this author took a practical approach in providing a thorough understanding regarding the progression of human developmental relations with God as recorded by Old Testament‘s writers. With nearly fifty key influential individuals, Dr. Towns presented a comprehensive study of the Old Testament. From these individuals Dr. Towns carefully explained the incomparable role each individual played in shaping the biblical world in which they lived. Particular attention was also given to describing that old serpent formerly called Lucifer and the way he entered into our world affecting the lives of God’s creation. This book is truly an indispensable aid to enriching your knowledge of the Old Testament. This book is highly recommended for students who desire a deeper approach in Old Testament study.

[sistaotey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read it for school and actually enjoyed it.

[Carl · Rating 4 out of 5]

once again Towns does a really good job on this writing. Watching the videos that accompanied the book in class towns speaks very highly of the influence that falwell had on him and his ministry in writing this gem