Baptist Pietist Clarion 2014-03 Vol 12 No 02

              The Baptist Pietist CLARION
Vol. 12, No. 2
In essentials unity ♦ In non-essentials liberty ♦ In everything charity
March 2014
Edited by G. William Caslson, Professor Emeritus of History and Political Science at Bethel University (carwil@bethel.edu); and
Ron Saari, retired Senior Pastor at Central Baptist Church (rsaari@comcast.net)
Previous issues can be found at http://cas.bethel.edu/dept/history/Baptist_Pietist_Clarion
Contents
1 Bethel Seminary: Education of the
Heart and Mind | Glen Scorgie
Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the
Quest for the Present Jesus: Some
Reflections for the Church Today |
foel Lawrence
2 Inside this Issue | G. William Carlson
Tribute to Jim Spickelmier |
G. William Carlson
3 Whole and Holy Persons: Pietism and
Bethel University | Christopher Gehrz
4 "What I Know for Sure: Our Mission
is Growing Leaders | David Clark
4 When Theology Matters Supremely |
David Clark
5 James Spickelmier: Committed to
God's Grace | Leland Eliason
7 Review of Jim and Carole
Spickelmier's book Give Brst Priority
to fesus Christ: Key Values for
Christian Living Taken from the Life
and Ministry of Carl H. Lundquist \
Terri Hansen
8 Five Visitations | Ted Lewis
9 Walter Rauschenbusch—Pietist or
Social Activist | Vic Winquist
10 Walter Rauschenbusch "Why I am a
Baptist" | G. William Carlson
11 Nathaniel Schmidt: Swedish Baptist
Colleague of Walter Rauschenbusch
| G. William Carlson
16 Brokenness: Mirrors | Mike Widen
17 Why am I a Baptist? | Christian
Collins Winn
18 Walfred "Wally" Peterson: Champion
of Religious Liberty and Professor of
Political Science at Bethel University |
G. William Carlson
Bethel Seminary:
Education of the Heart and Mind
(A review of A Time of Transformation:
edited by James and Carole Spickelmier
The History Center, 2013)
Glen Scorgie Professor of Theology
at Bethel Seminary
I Jim Spickelmier's
last days, prior to his
death this past September, were characterized by a remarkable surge of literary productivity. Feeling
an urgency to leave an accessible witness
to a Christian community and heritage he
had grown to love, Jim, along with his wife
Carole, produced in the space of just a few
Bethel Seminary, 1982-2012
St. Paul, Minnesota:
years a number of historical volumes on Carl
Lundquist, the Baptist General Conference
and Bethel University.
This particular volume covers the recent
history of Bethel Seminary. Jim wrote about
half the book himself. For the balance, he got
help from some like-minded, well-informed
friends: James Mason, Diana L. Magnuson,
James D. Smith III, and Cheryl Gregg.
As most readers will know, the Seminary
began in 1871, just thirteen years after
Minnesota attained statehood and while
Scandinavian immigrants were still flooding
 continued on p. 13
Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Quest for the
Present Jesus: Some Reflections for the
Church Today
Dr. Joel Lawrence
Senior Pastor, Central Baptist Church,
St. Paul, Minnesota, former Assistant
Professor of Systematic Theology, Bethel
Seminary
Bonhoeffer and popular culture
Dietrich Bonhoeffer continues to fascinate
and intrigue people at both the scholarly
and popular levels. It would be difficult to
name another theologian whose life story
has garnered the kind of attention as Bon-
hoeffer's. His context in Nazi Germany, his
travels throughout Europe and America,
his engagement with Gandhi and desire to
study non-violence in India, his role in the
plot to kill Hitler and, of course, his death
at the hands of the Nazi regime, all make
Bonhoeffer an engaging figure.
Most recently, two works have thrust Bonhoeffer into the popular culture in a whole
new way: First, Martin Doblmeier's 2004
documentary, Bonhoeffer, had a long run in
theaters and has been rebroadcast on PBS.
Second, and perhaps more significant, is the
2011 biography by Eric Metaxas, Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy, a New York
Times bestseller. As aBonhoeffer scholar, I've
been amazed at how many people, when they
hear of my work in Bonhoeffer's theology,
Bonhoeffer: A Guide for the Perplexed, want to
discuss what they've learned aboutBonhoef-
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