John Albert Broadus
John Albert Broadus (1827–1895) was an American Baptist pastor and professor at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, one of the most famous preachers of his day. Charles Spurgeon deemed Broadus the “greatest of living preachers.”[1] Church historian Albert Henry Newman later said “perhaps the greatest man the Baptists have produced.” [2]
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[edit] Early life
Born in Culpeper County, Broadus was educated at home and at a private school. He taught in a small school before completing his undergraduate studies at Brown University under Francis Wayland and later studying for the ministry at the University of Virginia. Ordained in 1850, he married Maria Harrison, daughter of Gessner Harrison (1807–62), professor of ancient languages at the University of Virginia, and became pastor of the Baptist church in Charlottesville.
[edit] Career
In 1859 he became professor of New Testament interpretation and homiletics at the new Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (where he later became the school's second president). During the Civil War he served for a while as chaplain to Robert E. Lee's army in Northern Virginia.
In 1889 he delivered the Beecher Lectures at Yale Divinity School.
[edit] Works
- On the Preparation and Delivery of Sermons (1870)
- Lectures on the History of Preaching (1876, revised, 1896)
- Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew (1886)
- Sermons and Addresses (1886)
- Jesus of Nazareth (1890)
- Memoir of James Petigru Boyce (1893)
- Harmony of the Gospels (1893)
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[edit] Further reading
- David S. Dockery and Roger D. Duke eds., John A. Broadus: A Living Legacy Studies in Baptist Life and Thought, ed. Michael A.G. Haykin. Nashville: Broadman and Holman Academic, 2008. 260 pp.
