Shepherds After My Own Heart, Essays in Honour of Dr Robert Oliver edited by Robert Strivens & S. Blair Waddell and published by Evangelical Press.
This fine collection of essays marking more than fifty years of faithful ministry by Robert Oliver draws together contributions from north America (Joel R Beeke, Michael A G Haykin, Tom J Nettles and S Blair Waddell) and Europe (Guy A Davies, Philip H Eveson, Dinu Moga, Iain H Murray, Paul Oliver, Robert Strivens, Geoff Thomas and Jeremy Walker).
‘Robert Oliver’s ministry is marked by faithfulness and humility... It has always been his desire to be known as merely a servant of the Lord. In his ministerial career he was both a pastor and elder for over fifty years. And in addition to this, he devoted the final 26 years of his life’s work to the training and the teaching of shepherds in the service of the Lord’s work. These men would be used of God in stations all over the world. While he taught Church History at the London Theological Seminary, he has always remained a student of the subject. It should come as no surprise that in Robert’s magnum opus, History of the English Calvinistic Baptists, 1771–1892, each historical figure studied is a pastor. He has always looked for examples of godly pastors that preceded him. Now after a lifetime of faithful service in teaching and ministry this book is meant to be a tribute to his career.’
