Essay

By: Rev. George F. Pentecost

Date: 1915

Source: Pentecost, Rev. George F. "What the Bible Contains for the Believer." In Amzi C. Dixon, Louis Meyer, and Reuben A. Torrey, eds., The Fundamentals: A Testimony to the Truth, vol. 10. Chicago: Testimony, 1914(?). Reprint in Marsden, George M. The Fundamentals. Vol. 4. Fundamentalism in American Religion, 1880–1950, ed. Joel A. Carpenter. New York: Garland, 1988, 97–99.

About the Author: George Frederick Pentecost (1842–1920) was an American clergyman and author who was recognized as a strong supporter of biblical authority and a compelling preacher whose sermons featured both deep feeling and unusual breadth. In addition to serving various congregations in Indiana, Kentucky, New York, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania, he undertook evangelistic campaigns to Europe and Asia and spent six years as pastor of a...