Major works

•          The Christian Religion in its Doctrinal Expression (systematic theology)

•          Christianity at the Crossroads

Importance

•          Known for his emphasis on “soul competency”

•          Guided Southern Baptists away from some of the more extreme expressions of Calvinism and Landmarkism

•          Took moderate stance on Fundamentalist-Modernist controversy

•          Held to moderate Calvinism

•          President of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1899