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J. B. Williams
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James B. Williams (July 9, 1916 – January 11, 2004) was born in Chattanooga and reared in Georgia. After pastoring several small Baptist churches, he attended the University of Chattanooga and Mercer University before serving for five years as a pioneer missionary in Dahomey (today, Benin), West Africa. There he helped reduce the Bariba language to writing and into it translated the Gospel of John. From 1965 until 1982, Williams served as Southern Deputation Secretary for Baptist Mid-Missions and thereafter ministered as a popular Bible conference speaker. In his later years, he served as general editor of two books, From the Mind of God to the Mind of Man: A Layman’s Guide to How We Got Our Bible (1999) and God’s Word in Our Hands: The Bible Preserved for Us (2003), attempts to promote tolerance among fundamentalists with regard to what has been called the “translation controversy.” In 1968, Tennessee Temple University conferred on him the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity. For 66 years, Williams was married to Gifford Elizabeth Little Williams, and they had four children.
From 1992 until 2003, Williams sent sermon outlines to Robert Morris “Bob” Wood (1938-2017), a businessman who led a group of believers in founding Killian Hill Baptist Church and Christian School, Lilburn, Georgia, prior to becoming the executive vice president of Bob Jones University (1977-2005), where he continued his ministry through chapel speaking and personal counseling.
In April 1992, Williams wrote Wood, “From time to time I will be sending you some outlines. Use them if you desire, copy them, trash them, etc. Give them away if you want to. No need to give me credit when used. Since I give all my outlines away, do not allow others to make any charge for them if you possibly can.” Wood’s secretary, Shirley Canaday, collected the outlines in ten loose-leaf notebooks, now held by the BJU Archives.
Three days before Williams’ death in January 2004, Wood assured him that “the outlines you’ve sent have certainly stimulated my mind….I have often incorporated some of your thoughts and comments as I delivered a message from the pulpit….If I don’t see you here again, I will see you on the other side.”
Notebook 1 (1993)
Rapture: 2 Thessalonians 2: 1
Christmas Joy: Luke 2: 1-14
A New World Order
Dying Grace: Philippians 1: 21
The Great Commission: Acts 1: 9-11
Christmas: Luke 2
Guaranteed Ways to Raise a Juvenile Delinquent
What Grace Teaches Us: Titus 2
Jerusalem, The Only Abiding City
Seeking Victory: Romans 8
Paul’s Prison Prayers
The Three Appearances of Christ: Hebrews 9: 24-26
Prayer: The Ministry of Intercession
The Wonder of Christian Life: Isaiah 9: 6
The Kind of People We Ought to Be: 2 Peter. 3: 1-18
Propitiation: Romans 3: 25, 1 John 2: 2, 1 John 4: 10
The Promise of Salvation for All: Acts 2: 39
The Heart of the Gospel: 1 Peter 3: 19
Victory in the Christian Life: Colossians 2: 6
Song of Solomon
The Trinity
Eroded Foundations: Psalm 11: 3
Turbulence in the Middle East
What a Change! The Rapture: 1 Corinthians 15: 51-58
Beware of the Unequal Yoke: 2 Corinthians 6: 14-18
The Unequal Yoke: 2 Corinthians 6: 14; Amos 3: 3
The Greatest Verse in the Bible: John 3: 16
Guaranteed Security: 1 Peter 1: 3-5
Young Men Cleansing Their Ways: Psalm 119:9
Crucifixion of Christ in Psalms
Empiricism
Doctrine of Spiritual Death: Ephesians 2: 1
Ephesians: Addendum #1
An Old Testament Picture of a Christian: Deuteronomy 23: 14
Spiritual HIV: The New Age Movement
The Significance of Pentecost
My Servants: John 18:36
Christ’s Second Advent in the Old Testament
The Man of Sin: 2 Thessalonians 2
Fundamentalism Faces the Future
What Really Happened When You Were Saved? Ephesians 1: 1-15
Wondrous Cross of Christ: John 12: 23-24
Imputation: Romans 4: 1-8
Riches in the Bible: Psalm 119: 161-176
Habakkuk
Psalm 23
Revival: 2 Chronicles 7: 14
Some Priorities of God
Three Classes of Sins
The Man of God: 2 Timothy 3: 17
Living the Christian Life with Joy: Galatians 5: 22
Confession of Christ is a Blessing: Matthew 10: 32-33
Isaiah 60
The Promise of Life: John 5: 24
Deacons
The Living Bible: Hebrews 4: 12
Christmas
Disharmony in the Local Church: Philippians 4: 1-3
Blessing of the Thorn: 2 Corinthians 12: 1-10
Singing We Go: Psalm 48: 14
The Songs of the Believer: Ephesians 5: 18-21
Trophies of His Grace: Ephesians 2: 7
Good Witnesses: Acts 1: 8
Psalm 51
Death Does Not End It All: Hebrews 9: 27-28
The Last Scene in Human History: Revelation 20: 11-15
Motives in the Life and Ministry of Paul: 2 Corinthians 5: 10-21
Successful Faith: Mark 5: 25-39
The Death and Work of Christ
The Gospel: 1 Corinthians 15: 1-8
Impeccability of Christ: Hebrews 4: 15
Isaiah’s Call: Isaiah 6
True Fundamentalism
The Pastor
The Cross of Jesus Christ: John 19: 28-30
Funeral Service
A Sermon from a Cemetery: 1 Kings 2: 6
Excuse Me Please: Luke 14: 7-24
Enoch
Divorce
Prophecy
The Ministry of Jesus Christ: Romans 15: 8
The Glorified Body of Believers: 1 John 3: 2
In Christ: 1 John 5: 20
Notebook 2 (1994)
The Sin of Self-Sufficiency: I Corinthians 1: 30-31
How to Keep Out of Trouble: James 4
How and When to Pray: I Timothy 2: 1-8
The Second Coming: Revelation 22: 20
The Way the Lord Jesus Came: Luke 2: 1-18
Love Came Down at Christmas: John 3: 1-21
Thanksgiving: Ephesians 5: 20
Post-Resurrection Truths: Acts 1: 1-8
The Marks of False Prophets: Matthew 7: 15-23
The Basis and Motives of Missions: John 10:36
The Life That Wins: 1 Corinthians 16: 13-14
Love: 1 Corinthians 13
Defending the Faith in Declensional Days: Jude 3
Positional Truth: 2 Corinthians 5: 17
Wonderful: Isaiah 9: 6
Lord, Teach Us to Pray: Luke 11: 1
The Ministry and Outreach of the Local Church: Acts 2: 41-47, Acts 3: 1-11
Keeping Our Sense of Urgency: 2 Timothy 4: 1-8
Operation Restoration: 1 John 1: 9
Isaiah 53
The Practice of Prayer: Luke 3: 21
Peter’s Sermon at Pentecost: Acts 2
Effective Praying
Satan: 1 Peter 5: 8
The Call to Consecration: Romans 12: 1-2
Minute Men: Luke 12: 40
The Challenge of the Living Christ: 1 Corinthians 1: 24
Puritanism and Revival
Intercessory Prayer: Hebrews 4: 13-15
Psalm 19
1 Peter 1: Redemption
The Antioch Missionary Plan: Acts 13: 1-4
The Lost Axe Head: 2 Kings 6: 1-7
The Doctrine of Baptisms
Testimony of Three Old Timers: Hebrews 11
Blinded by Satan: 2 Corinthians 4: 1-5
The Great Commission: Matthew 28: 18-20
The Gospel: Romans 1: 16
The One Thing Needful: Luke 10: 38-42
Five Truisms for Soul Winners: Acts 1: 8
This We Believe: Titus 2: 1
Fundamentalism Views the Authority of the Bible
Advice to Advance: 1 Timothy 6: 1-21
The Doctrine of Grace: Ephesians 2: 8-10
Doctrine of the World
Falling from Grace: Apostacy in Hebrews
The Doctrine of Adultery
Doctrine of Believer Priest: Revelation 1: 6, 1 Peter 2: 5-9
Easter
Resurrection: 1 Corinthians 15: 20-24
The Pathway of a Pilgrim: Psalm 32: 8-11
The Resurrection Victory: John 20: 19-29
What Happens at the Rapture? 1 Thessalonians 4: 13-18
The Gospel in Miniature: John 3: 16
An Interview with Jesus: John 21: 13-25
The Bible View of Sin: Exodus 34: 7
The Mistakes of Peter
The Irrefutable Witness: John 9: 25
The Farewell Meeting: Acts 1: 6-8
Redemption: 1 Peter 1: 18-19
This Do Ye: 1 Corinthians 11: 23-29
The Trials of Job: Job 23: 10
Invitational Words of Salvation
Notebook 3 (1994-1996)
An Interrupted Sermon: Acts 17: 21
The Tragedy of a Lost Love: Revelation 2: 1-7
The Trials of Job: Job 1: 9
Christian Unity
Your Adversary, the Devil: 1 Peter 5: 8
Salvation Full, Free, and Forever: Hebrews 7: 25
Malachi
What Doest Thou Here Elijah? 1 Kings 1: 19
You Cannot Deliver the Gospel to the Wrong Address
Only Two Options: Mark 16: 15-16
Crucifixion Day
Paul’s Descriptions in Colossians 1
The Three Worlds of Peter: 2 Peter 3: 5-13
Better Days Are Coming
The Christian’s Foes
Glorying in the Cross: Galatians 6: 14
Ichabod: 1 Samuel 2: 21
Witnessing to the Unsaved: Acts 1: 1-11
The Church and Its Pastor: 1 Thessalonians 5: 12-14, 17
The Christmas Story
The Option of the Traveler: Proverbs 15: 24
Church Discipline
Are There Few That Be Saved? Luke 13: 23
Recovered Relationship: Luke 15: 11-24
God’s Faithfulness In Time of Trouble: 2 Kings 4: 1-7
An Unanswered Question: Hebrews 2: 3
The Holiness of God: Exodus 5: 11
Giving Christ the Pre-eminence: Colossians 1: 18
The Book, Blood, and Blessed Hope
The Five Deposits of the Truth
The Mansions Above: John 14
The Person and Work of Christ: Hebrews 1: 1-3; Hebrews 8: 14
Three Homes Everyone Should Have
Knowing and Doing God’s Will
Sin Does Not Solve Our Problems: Genesis 16: 1-6
Discipleship: Luke 14
Prepared Body: Psalm 40: 6-10
Guilt Complex: Psalm 51: 3
Peter’s Fall and Recovery: Luke 22: 54-62
Abortion
Christ the Only Door: John 10: 9
The Challenge of Fatherhood
Prayer That Prevails: James 5: 16-18
Falling from Grace: Galatians 5: 4
Moving On: 2 Thessalonians 1: 1-10
Drifting: Hebrews 2: 1-4
Bethlehem: Matthew 2: 1-10
Only Perfect People Get to Heaven
The Power of the Tongue: James 3: 1-12
Unlimited Grace: James 4: 6-17
The Need of Revival: Psalm 110: 3
A Revelation of God: Acts 4: 24-31
All Sufficiency of God’s Grace: 2 Corinthians 9: 8, 2 Corinthians 12: 9
The Burdens of Life: Galatians 6: 2, Galatians 6: 5
Walking By Faith: 2 Corinthians 5: 7
Were the Old-Time Fundamentalists Harsh?
A Biblical Description of the Church: Matthew 16: 13-20; 1 Peter 2: 4-12
EK: “Out Of”
Bible Holiness: 1 Peter 1: 15-16
Resurrection: A Glory of Christ
Available Mercy: Proverbs 28: 13
The Wonders of God’s Grace: James 4: 6
Abel, A Hero of the Faith: Hebrews 11: 1-4, Luke 18: 10-14
A Matter of Life and Death
Divine Discipline: Hebrews 12: 5-13
Behold the Lamb of God: John 1: 19-30
The Lord, the Devil, the Believer: Luke 22: 31-32
Seven Questions about Life after Death
Am I My Brother’s Keeper: Genesis 4: 1-9
Christ Walks on Water: John 6: 15-21
Beginning a New Year: Psalm 100
The Holy Spirit, Our Helper: 2 Timothy 1: 7
The Power to Forgive Sins: John 20: 23
Missionary Responsibility: Romans 1: 8-17
Notebook 4 (1996-97)
The Holy Scriptures: 2 Timothy 3: 1-17
God Is for Us; Who Can Be Against Us? Romans 8: 31
In Christ—The Theme of Paul’s Epistles
The Lord’s Day Observance
Paul’s Sermon at Mars Hill
The Qualifications of Spiritual Leadership: Acts 20: 19
That Ye May Know: Matthew 9: 6, 1 John 5: 13
So, Who Is Right?
The Secret of the Early Church: Acts 2: 31-47
What the Return of Christ Means to the Believer
The Philadelphian Church: Revelation 3: 7-13
There Is a Hell: Revelation 20: 11-15
Getting the Most out of the Christian Life: Isaiah 33: 15-17, 2 Corinthians 5: 1-8
Elijah: The Man and the Message: 1 Kings 16: 28-34, 1 Kings 17: 1
The Use and Abuse of Spiritual Gifts: 1 Corinthians 12, Romans 12, Ephesians 4: 11-15, Mark 16: 17, 1 Corinthians 14: 21-22
Three Categories of Fundamentalists
My Duty to My Church: 2 Corinthians 11: 28
Asking for the Old Paths: Jeremiah 6: 16
A True Perspective of Christ: Matthew 11: 28-29
One with Christ: Romans 6: 1-12
Temptation: Ephesians 6: 10-18
Breaking the Captivity of Sin
The Divine Program
Antioch: A Missionary Church: Acts 13: 1-6
A Study of the Holy Spirit
Eight Reasons for Praising the Lord: Psalm 138
Backsliding: Proverbs 14: 14
Living for Time or for Eternity
An Interrupted Sermon: Acts 10: 44
The Life of Barrenness
God Is at Work
The Annunciation: Luke 1: 28-30
The Pharisees
Seven Blessings of a Godly Man: Psalm 1
Whose Son Is He? Matthew 22: 42
Come, for All Things Are Now Ready: Luke 14: 16-17
Becoming a Child of God: John 1: 1-16
The Approaching Epiphany
The Closing Appeal of the Bible: Revelation 22: 17
Believers Are Winners: Romans 8: 31-39
Union with Christ: Romans 6: 3-11
The Miracle of Conversion: Acts 2: 37-41
The Father’s Love: 1 John 3: 1
The Doctrine of Grace: Romans 5: 17-21
God’s Amazing Offer: Isaiah 1: 18
Thanksgiving for All His Benefits: Psalm 103
God’s Indescribable Gift: 2 Corinthians 9: 15
John the Baptist: Matthew 3: 1-17
The First Christmas Carol: Luke 2: 1-20
The First Steps in the New Life: Acts 2: 41-47
Seven Saints in the Wrong Place: 1 Corinthians 10: 1-13
Warning to Fundamentalists: Colossians 2
What Must I Do to Be Saved? Acts 16
The Coming Events of Eschatology
Beginning the Christian Life: Acts 9: 17-31
With Christ in Colossians
The Absolutes of Christianity
The Four Judgments of the Believers
God Has a Purpose: Deuteronomy 4: 34
Jonah’s Prayer: Jonah 2: 1-9
The Work of the Holy Spirit in Romans Chapter 8
A Sinning Christian: 2 Timothy 4: 19
The Lord’s Care of His Own: Psalm 23
The Testimony of a Little Girl: 2 Kings 5: 1-6, 14-15
The Blessed Hope
Notebook 5 (1997-99)
Practical Suggestions for Witnessing: Acts 1: 8
Good News: Acts 8: 4-8
Five Requirements for Fundamentalists: 1 Corinthians 16: 13-14
Motives for Missions: Acts 1: 1-11
Two Men Died—Where Did They Go? Luke 16: 19-31
Empiricism: Romans 1: 17
Christ’s Mediation: Hebrews 12: 24, 1 Timothy 2: 4-6
Beware of Three Follies: Romans 10
The Hardening of Pharaoh’s Heart: Romans 9: 17
We Know: John 14: 20
An Unfinished Sermon: Acts 24: 25
Three Men in 3rd John
Four Expressions of a Sinful Heart: Luke 15: 13
A Missionary Church: Acts 13: 1-4
There Is Life after Death: Hebrews 9: 26-28
Hell: It’s Real, It’s Hot, It’s Forever
Demas the Deserter: 2 Timothy 4: 10
The Comfort of the Scriptures: Romans 15: 4
The Blessed Man
Paul’s Struggles: Romans 6-8
The Prince of Darkness: Ephesians 6: 10-18
Missions at the End Days: Matthew 8: 11
Positional Truth: 1 Corinthians 15: 22
The Basis of Praise: Psalm 138
The Palm Tree Christian: Psalm 92: 12-14
Discouragement Will Defeat: 1 Samuel 30: 6
Do You Want to Be Made Whole? John 5: 6
The Meaning of Christmas
God Really Cares: 1 Peter 5: 7
Facts and Ministry of the Holy Spirit: John 14: 16-31
God’s Eternal Plan: Ephesians 1: 9-11, Ephesians 3: 11
Psalm 22
The Five Major Covenants of the Bible
Surprising Discoveries in the Catholic Bible
The Narrow Intolerance of Jesus Christ: John 14: 6
Thanksgiving: Ephesians 5: 29
Studies in 2 Timothy
James 5
The Cross of Jesus Christ: John 19: 28-30
Redeemed from Slavery: Hebrews 9: 12
Useful Secrets of the Christian Life: John 5: 8
Witnesses to Him: Acts 1: 8
Asking and Receiving: 1 John 3: 22
Seven Impossible Things: Matthew 19: 22-26
Seven Bible Dangers for Believers: Hebrews 3: 12
Publishing the Word: Psalm 68: 11
God Justifies Sinners
The Complete Atonement by Christ: Hebrews 10: 1-10
The Purpose of God in Missions: 1 Peter 1: 9-12
The Personal Appearance of Jesus Christ: Titus 2: 13
Authority and the Contemporary Scene
A Fruitful Church: Acts 4: 31
God’s Self-Revelation
The Blood of Jesus Christ: John 6: 1-14
Salvation is Threefold
Where the Bible Should Be Found: Deuteronomy 6: 6-9
Truth in Human Form: John 14: 6
The Deity of Jesus Christ: 1 John 5: 20-21
Notebook 6 (1999-2001)
Christian Joy: Galatians 5: 22
In Times Like These: 2 Timothy 3
Far Country: Luke 15: 13-14
God’s Method of Salvation
What the Return of Christ Means to Us
Ministries of the Holy Spirit
Logistical Grace: 2 Corinthians 9: 8
Dying Grace: Philippians 1: 21
1 John: An Introduction
Simple Studies in 1 John
2 John
3 John
Religion of the Galatians: Galatians 4: 8-10
Simple Studies in Galatians
The Lord’s Prayer: Matthew 6: 9-13
Free from the Captivity of Sin: Romans 7
Paul’s Epistles
Second Coming of Christ: John 16: 22
Peace of Mind: Isaiah 26: 3
The Passover: Leviticus 23: 5
Resurrection: 1 Corinthians 15: 20-24
The Principle of Grace
Jonah
The Open Door: 1 Corinthians 16: 5-13
Works: Galatians 5: 19-21, Romans 3: 19-20, Colossians 1: 21-22, Romans 13: 12, Titus 1: 16, Hebrews 6: 1, 2 Thessalonians 2: 17
Questions for Seventh Day Adventists
The Ministry of the Holy Spirit in Romans 8
Triple Benediction: 2 Corinthians 13: 14
Tithing
Revival: Psalm 85
We Preach Christ Crucified: 1 Corinthians 1: 21-23
Excuse Me, Please: Luke 14: 7-24
The Predestined Plan of God
The Sealing of the Holy Spirit: 2 Corinthians 1: 2, Ephesians 4: 30, Ephesians 1: 13
Psalm 51
The Gospel: 1 Corinthians 15: 1-8
Casting Our Care on Him: 1 Peter 5: 7
The Comforter: John 14: 16-17
The Doctrine of Adultery
Christ Was Made
The Land & Life of Rest: A Study of the Book of Joshua in the Light of the New Testament
Tried by Fire: Daniel 3: 1-30, Hebrews 11: 34
Faith in the Christian Life: 2 Corinthians 5: 7
Living the Resurrected Life: Colossians 3: 1
The New Birth: John 3: 3
Imputation: Romans 4: 1-8
Old Testament Picture of a Saint: Deuteronomy 23: 14
Ephesians 4
Trouble in the Middle East
The Last Scene in Human History: Revelation 20: 11-15
The Doctrine of Adoption: Ephesians 1: 5, Galatians 4: 5
The Doctrine of the Rapture: Romans 8: 18
The Eternal Plan of God
Abundant Grace: Ephesians 4: 7
Important Men in Genesis: Adam, Cain, Able, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Lot, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph
Seven Deadly Sins
The Lord’s Chastening: Hebrews 12: 5-12
Impossibilities Are Possible: Luke 18: 27
The Lord Our Helper: Hebrews 13: 6
The Christian Life: Psalm 27
Negatives for the New Century
His Return Is Sure
Study the Bible
Important Differences
God Is Faithful: 2 Thessalonians 3: 3
Workers Together: 1 Corinthians 3: 9
Divine Revelation
Joy in the City: Acts 8: 1-8
Our Great High Priest: Hebrew 4: 14-16
Three Blessings, Now and Forever: John 14: 1-26
Adam and Christ: 1 Corinthians 15: 22, Romans 5: 18
One God: Ephesians 4: 6
Victory in Romans 8
A Vision from God: Proverbs 29: 18
God’s Grace: Proverbs 29: 18
God’s Four Fold Revelation for This Age: Matthew 16: 13-27
Church Discipline
Seven Rules for Young Converts
The Sin of David: 2 Samuel
The Shepherd and Bishop of Our Soul: 1 Peter 2: 21-25
Good But Not Good Enough: Mark 10: 21
Redemption: 1 Peter 1: 18-19
Earthquakes
The Enablement of the Holy Spirit
Till He Come: 1 Corinthians 11: 26
Caught Unaware: Luke 21: 34
The Verse with Five No’s: Romans 6: 23
Notebook 7 (2001-02)
The Good Samaritan: Luke 10: 25
The Glory of the Cross: Galatians 6: 14
Grace: Ephesians 4: 29
The Kingdom of God
Childishness and Immaturity: Ephesians 4: 11-13
Paul’s Mars Hill Sermon: Acts 16: 16-34
Confession of Christ: Matthew 10: 32-33
Outline of Colossians
Five Victories of Abraham: Genesis 14: 11-24, Genesis 15
Marks of Jesus Christ: Galatians 6: 17
Faith without Works Is Sterile: James 2: 20
Gog, Magog, and Russia
Great Commission and the Contemporary Scene: Matthew 28: 19-20
The Indwelling of Christ
Isaiah 53
Faith Is Indispensable: Hebrews 11: 6
A Wonderful Change: 1 Corinthians 15: 51-58
The Cross of Jesus Christ: John 19: 28-30
The Abandoned Water Pot: John 4: 28-30
Expectation of the Second Advent
God Is—Eternally: Exodus 3: 14
The New Heavens: Revelation 21 & 22
So Pilate Washed His Hands: Matthew 27: 24
The Eternal Purposes of God: Ephesians 3: 11
Some Notes on Spirituality
Immortality: Job 14: 14
Four Imputations
Life after Death: Luke 16: 19-31
Spiritual Edification: Ephesians 3: 16, Ephesians 4: 16
Living Sacrifices: Romans 12: 1-2
A Beautiful Picture of Salvation: Exodus 12: 13
Witnessing for Christ: Acts 1: 1-10
The Divine Imperative: Matthew 28: 16-20
Stephen’s Defense and World Missions: Acts 6 & 7
The Great Commission: Matthew 28: 19-20
Why Revival Tarries: Jeremiah 3: 1-3
The Uplifted Christ: John 8: 28, John 3: 14-15, John 12: 32
Christ Our Passover: 1 Corinthians 5: 7-8
The Peril of Spiritual Decline: Hosea 7: 9
The Major Motive in Service: 2 Corinthians 5: 14-17
Good Witnesses: Acts 1: 8
Christian Love: 1 John 4: 7
The Old Rugged Cross: Mark 15: 29-30
The Life of Faith: Galatians 2: 20
From Adam into Christ: 1 Corinthians 15: 22
Foolish People: Matthew 5: 21-26
Seven Simple Steps for Soul Winners: John 4: 1-36
Things Peter Calls Previous: 1 Peter 1: 1-12
Christian Giving: 2 Corinthians 9: 7-8
Redeemed by Grace: 1 Peter 1: 18-21
Christ’s Remarkable Statement: Matthew 16: 18
Heart Condition: Matthew 13: 1-23
Salvation Is in a Person: Acts 4: 12
Seven Simple Steps for Soul Winners: John 4: 1-36
Introduction to Leviticus
The Call and Challenge of Christ
Seven New Things under Grace
Jesus Christ, the Issue in the Christian Message: Acts 4: 12
Life’s Two Important Questions: Mark 8: 34-38
Blessed or Blighted Man: Psalm 1
Today and Tomorrow: Proverbs 27: 1
Helpful Doctrines Applied
A Challenge: Romans 12: 1-2
An Adulterous Generation: Mark 8: 38
A Strange Request for Prayer: Ephesians 6: 19-20
Pharisees
Paul’s Outlook in Life: Philippians 3: 12-14
Peace on Earth: Luke 2: 14
Guilt Complex
Inferiority Complex: Romans 12: 3
The Under Shepherd: John 10: 1-16
Establishing Local Churches: Matthew 28: 18-20
It Is Finished: John 19: 30
The Doctrine of the Blood
Spiritual Blessings
Great Salvation: Hebrews 2: 3
Joy
Prayer
Romans 8
The First Promise of a Redeemer: Genesis 3: 15
The Kind of Church the Devil Hates
Distinctively Baptist
Seeking Victory: Romans 8
Notebook 8 (2003)
Why Christ Came
A Commission for All Believers: Matthew 21: 28
The Wonder of the Christian Life: Isaiah 9: 6
What Kind of Christian Am I?
Prayer: The Ministry of Intercession
Isaiah 63
Joy to the World: Luke 2: 1-14
The Enabling of the Holy Spirit in Salvation: Ephesians 1: 12-13
Russia in Ezekiel’s Prophecy: Ezekiel 38
Fear of God
Hope: A Gift of the Gospel: Colossians 1: 23
Rejection—Christ, the Written Word, and the Believer
Discipline in the Church
The Man of Sin
Healing of the Blind Man: John 9: 1-41
The Christmas Message from an Angel: Luke 2: 10-14
Getting Acquainted with Bible Saints: 3 John
Is There Anything Too Hard for the Lord: Genesis 18: 1-14
Troubled Middle East
The Messiah’s Ministry: Isaiah 61: 1-3
Redemption in Exodus: Exodus 12
Simple Studies in Romans
The Second Advent: Isaiah 63
Higher Criticism/Historical Criticism
The Christian Life: Galatians 2: 20
The Spirit of Liberty: 2 Corinthians 3: 17
The Approach to Praying: Luke 18: 1
Simple Studies in 2 Timothy
Christian Victory: Romans 8
More Than Conquerors: Romans 8
Why Study Prophecy
Liberal Protestants
Seeing Jesus Only: Matthew 17: 8
Notebook 9 (Undated and arranged alphabetically)
The Absolutes of Christianity
Advice to Advance: 1 Timothy 6: 1-21
Am I My Brother’s Keeper? Genesis 4: 1-9
The Annunciation of the Messiah: Luke 1-2
Are There Few That Be Saved? Luke 13: 23
Beginning a New Year: Psalm 100
Bethlehem: Matthew 2: 1-10
The Bible View of Sin: Exodus 34: 7
Blinded by Satan: 2 Corinthians 4: 1-5
Christ the Bread of Life: John 6
Christ Walks on Water: John 6: 15-21
Christian Ethics: Romans 12: 17
Christmas
Christmas: Luke 2
Christmas Joy: Luke 2: 1-14
Coming Events of Eschatology
Discipleship: Luke 14
Divine Healing
Doctrine of Adultery
Doctrine of Believer Priest: Revelation 1: 6, 1 Peter 2: 5-9
The Doctrine of Grace: Ephesians 2: 8-10
Dying Grace: Philippians. 1: 21
Easter
The Fear of Old Age: Proverbs 16: 31, Proverbs 23: 22
First Peter 1: Redemption
The Four Judgments of the Believers
The Four Greatest Men in History: Adam, Abraham, Moses, Christ
Four Thanksgiving Services in Heaven: I Thessalonians 5: 18
The Frustrations of Abraham
Giving Christ the Pre-eminence: Colossians 1: 18
The God Who Cares: Isaiah 57: 15
God’s Faithfulness in Time of Trouble: 2 Kings 4: 1-7
The Heart Aflame for Messiah: Luke 7: 19-38
The Holiness of God: Exodus 5: 11
How to Keep Out of Trouble: James 4
Important Falls in the Bible
An Interrupted Sermon: Acts 17: 21
Invitational Words of Salvation
The Irrefutable Witness: John 9: 25
Isaiah 53
Jesus Wept: John 11: 35
Joy and Troubles: Philippians
Keeping Our Sense of Urgency: 2 Timothy 4: 1-8
The Kingdom of God
Knowing and Doing God’s Will: Psalm 143: 10
Love Came Down at Christmas: John 31: 1-21
Living the Christian Life with Joy: Galatians 5: 22
The Life That Wins: 1 Corinthians 16: 13-14
Malachi
The Marks of False Prophets: Matthew 7: 15-23
Minute Men: Luke 12: 40
The Mistakes of Peter
Moving On: 2 Thessalonians 1: 1-10
The New Jerusalem: Revelation 21-22
A New World Order
Operation Restoration: 1 John 1: 9
The Pastor and Missions
The Pathway of a Pilgrim: Psalm 32: 8-11
Peter’s Fall and Recovery: Luke 22: 54-62
The Physical Death of Christ
Post-Resurrection Truths: Acts 1: 1-8
Positional Truth #2: 2 Corinthians 5: 17
The Power of the Tongue: James 3: 1-12
Prayer That Prevails: James 5: 16-18
Prayer with Purpose and Power: Acts 12: 1-17
Prepared Body: Psalm 40: 6-10
Psalm 19
Recovered Relationship: Luke 15: 11-24
The Second Coming: Revelation 22: 20
Sin Does Not Solve Our Problems: Genesis 16: 1-6
The Sin of Self-Sufficiency: 1 Corinthians 1: 30-31
Spiritual HIV: The New Age Movement
Testimony of Three Old Timers: Hebrews 11
This We Believe: Titus 2: 1
The Trials of Job: Job 23: 10
Unlimited Grace: James 4: 6-17
An Unanswered Question: Hebrews: 2: 3
The Way the Lord Jesus Came: Luke 2: 1-18
The Way to Win in the Christian Life: John 3: 30
What a Change! 1 Corinthians 15: 51-58
Why Do We Fail? Judges 16: 20
Wonderful: Isaiah 9: 6
Click here to access J. B. Williams sermon outline notebooks online
The BJU Music Library is located on the first floor of the Gustafson Fine Arts Center and is an extension of the main library of the university. This space exists to engage, encourage, and inspire our patrons by meeting their academic needs as they research and explore aesthetics, organization, and truth in God's gift of music, supporting the University's music instruction curriculum.
The Music Library houses the bulk of the library's resources for music: books, scores, audio recordings, visual recordings, periodicals and reference materials. Currently the collection includes 7,704 volumes, 14,237 scores, 355 CDs, 840 DVDs, and 40 Blu-ray discs. An extensive number of electronic resources can be accessed from the Music Library's webpage, including Library Music Source/CD Music Online, JSTOR Arts & Sciences, Oxford Grove Music Online, Educator's Reference Complete, IPA Source, and open access resources.
Music Library LibGuides
The BJU Music Library is located on the first floor of the speech wing of the Gustafson Fine Arts Center. This location was incorporated into the renovation and construction of the Fine Arts Center in 1999 and increased the Music Library’s space to over 3,500 square feet. The new library facilities incorporate modern technology and listening equipment.
Resources available in the Music Library include books, scores, audio recordings, periodicals, and reference materials. Currently, the collection includes 7,299 volumes, 14,283 scores and sheet music, 5,913 CDs, 687 DVDs, 24 BluRays, 65 online periodicals and 10 print periodical subscriptions. Additionally, students and faculty have online access to the Classical Music Library (1,266,000 tracks) and the Classical Scores Library (51,222 scores / 1,119,580 printable pages), both databases from Alexander Street Press. Listening stations and computers accommodate patrons researching musical works.
The mission of the Bob Jones University Archives is to serve as a repository of institutional memory by collecting, preserving, and making accessible documents that illustrate, primarily, the history and heritage of the University and, secondarily, that of the Fundamentalist movement.
The Bob Jones University Archives collects, preserves, and makes available for research historical material about BJU and the Jones family, including University publications, oral histories, and sermon transcripts. Some of its holdings are discoverable via the Mack Library catalog, under Archives Reference Database.
These files are available online:
The BJU Archives welcomes donations relevant to the history of Bob Jones University. To learn more about current holdings, and to make appointments to view them, contact Patrick Robbins, probbins@bju.edu.
The Fundamentalism File is a resource center with over 5,000 different subjects and over 118,000 items of information relating to:
Information is gathered and indexed from major scholarly articles, brochures, pamphlets, and unpublished resources.
This resource center houses manuscript collections pertinent to the history of Fundamentalism and Fundamentalist approaches to religious and social issues. Collections currently available include
In addition, research reports and other documents are produced by the Fundamentalism File. The Fundamentalism File came into existence in 1978 at the suggestion of Dr. Bob Jones Jr., who wanted a resource center for tracking information on current religious and theological topics, creating “a history of religion in our time.”
The Fundamentalism File is available by appointment only.
The Fundamentalism File associates will work with your research request and pull the materials for your research. There is a nominal charge for photocopies. PDF files are also available upon request, dependent upon copyright restrictions.
Special Collections provides physical protection for old, fragile, and historically valuable materials, including a handwritten sermon outline by Charles Spurgeon and an early 14th century manuscript copy of Chronicon pontificum et imperatorum by Martin of Opava (d. 1278). Special Collections also holds the American Hymnody Collection of almost a thousand hymnals from the colonial period to the present.
The American Hymnody Collection includes nearly a thousand hymnals from the colonial period to the present, hymnals that were either published in North America or were published abroad and brought to the United States by immigrants.
The collection originated in 1995 when members of the music faculty suggested that a recent University purchase of older hymnals might serve as the nucleus of a collection that would help preserve one aspect of Christian history while also serving as a resource for the BJU family and visiting scholars.
A chronological list of the hymnals currently held in the Special Collections Reading Room is accessible below.
The Fundamentalism File is a reference resource of over 100,000 paper items (c. 180 cubic feet), cataloged under 5,000 subject headings, that contains not only material related to the history of Fundamentalism but also information about topics that were of special interest to fundamentalists during the late 20th and early 21st centuries, such as abortion, divorce, church planting, postmodernism, homosexuality, capital punishment, the Charismatic movement, contemporary Christian music, separation of church and state, and tax exemption for religious organizations.
Some articles in the collection were gleaned from mainstream publications, others from more obscure religious periodicals and newsletters of limited circulation. The File also collected ephemera, such as brochures, meeting advertisements, and statements of faith.
The second president of BJU, Dr. Bob Jones Jr. (1911-1997), created the Fundamentalism File in 1978, anticipating that it would record the “history of religion in our times,” cover “all aspects of the Fundamental position and those who oppose it,” and provide “resource material that somebody 50 years from now, if the Lord tarries, can use in doing an article on the present struggle of our day.”
In addition to the collection per se, the Fundamentalism File also holds similar materials collected by three notable, late 20th-century fundamentalists:
Another collection, more recently donated to BJU and as yet uncatalogued, is the extensive research collection of Robert Sumner (1922-2016), Baptist author and editor of The Biblical Evangelist.
Bob Jones Jr. died in 1997 as the internet began to make paper materials less critical to the study of contemporary religion than had been the case twenty years before. The last formal additions to the Fundamentalism File were made in May 2014, when the University ceased funding a staff.
Nevertheless, the Fundamentalism File still occupies the physical location where it was moved during the summer of 2000, and its holdings continue to be valuable for students of late 20th century religion. The Fundamentalism File can be searched through the BJU library catalog. Further information about its contents may be obtained from Patrick Robbins, probbins@bju.edu.
The reference collection contains resources (i.e., encyclopedias, atlases, etc.) that provide basic information in various areas and are only available for use in the Mack Library.
An information services librarian or trained associate is available to assist patrons with finding answers to questions, finding sources, or research in general in both print and electronic resources.
These associates are available during business hours at the Information Services counter at the Circulation Desk.
Mack Library’s periodical collection includes magazines and journals (1,000 current print subscriptions), as well as access to over 52,000 unique titles, including representative newspapers of various parts of the country in electronic format, CD-ROM resources, audio visuals, and microform. Print and electronic indexes are available for research.
Current newspaper, magazine, and journal issues to which the Mack Library subscribes are available in the Periodicals Room for use by patrons. Recent and past bound volumes are available by inquiring with a periodicals room associate. Use of these items is confined to the Periodicals Room.