Videos by Paul Rood
Lyman Stewart, William E. Blackstone, and forgotten Hebrew-Christian roots of the Bible Institute... more Lyman Stewart, William E. Blackstone, and forgotten Hebrew-Christian roots of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles. 25 views
Evangelical and Fundamentals History by Paul Rood
Blackstone Center Series , 2023
A biographical essay based upon correspondence and other historical records recently donated to t... more A biographical essay based upon correspondence and other historical records recently donated to the Biola University archives. S.I. Merrill (1856-1932) was a pioneering California businessman, who helped found and support numerous religious and charitable institutions -- including YMCA, Union Rescue Mission, Baptist churches, Biola University, and numerous other relief and gospel welfare organizations.
Blackstone Center Series, 2023
Remembering the life and legacy of Lyman Stewart (1840-1923), on the centennial of his passing. ... more Remembering the life and legacy of Lyman Stewart (1840-1923), on the centennial of his passing. A chronological biographic summary of his life as a pioneering oilman, a dedicated Presbyterian churchman, a compassionate humanitarian and civic leader, and leader and financier of notable evangelical Christian institutions, foreign missions, and publishing projects.
Oil Industry History, 2022
The intersecting themes of religious faith and the early history of the oil-industry have long be... more The intersecting themes of religious faith and the early history of the oil-industry have long been the subject of cultural interest. Over the past century, the religious, economic and social motivations of oil pioneers John D. Rockefeller, Sr., J. Howard Pew, and Lyman Stewart have been examined by academic historians. These published studies, mostly doctoral dissertations, have largely downplayed ideals and ideas as motivating forces. Instead, they focus on the means by which powerful men, pursuing their personal ambition and economic interests, used religion to maintain social control, preserve capital, and create powerful institutions. Popular culture represents the petroleum industry's founders as corrupt and rapacious exploiters of labor. This essay examines the historical evidence to explore the religious motivations of Lyman Stewart (1840-1923), co-founder and president of the Union Oil Company of California. While Stewart's sponsorship of Protestant institutions and foreign missionary work has received extensive treatment, this essay additionally focuses on the management practices and the business culture of Stewart's Union Oil Company. This research is based on an extensive review of private correspondence, journals and records in the Lyman Stewart papers housed in the archives of Biola University.
Blackstone Center Series - LCJE, 2023
Two important but largely forgotten pioneers of Jewish ministry training -- a scholar, educator a... more Two important but largely forgotten pioneers of Jewish ministry training -- a scholar, educator and writer, David L. Cooper -- and a Jewish businessman, lay missionary and visionary benefactor of Messianic Jewish ministry, Daniel Rose ... whose lives intersected in complementary ways during the early decades of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles.
Revised and Expanded. Remembering Charles Feinberg, Samuel Sutherland and other Jewish and Gentil... more Revised and Expanded. Remembering Charles Feinberg, Samuel Sutherland and other Jewish and Gentile friends of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles and Talbot School of Theology.
P. Rood's summary article on The Fundamentals Project and The Fundamentals vs. fundamentalism pub... more P. Rood's summary article on The Fundamentals Project and The Fundamentals vs. fundamentalism published in Biola Magazine
The origins and development of the doctrinal teaching position of the Bible Institute of Los Ange... more The origins and development of the doctrinal teaching position of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles with respect to the Jewish people and the future of national Israel.
Original full-length response to the Biola Chimes editorial which claimed that Thanksgiving Day o... more Original full-length response to the Biola Chimes editorial which claimed that Thanksgiving Day originated as a celebration of Puritan genocide of Native Americans
A brief historical overview of the rise of Protestant Fundamentalism in the United States. Publi... more A brief historical overview of the rise of Protestant Fundamentalism in the United States. Published in Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States / edited by George Thomas Kurian and Mark A. Lamport ; Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]
Brief historical overview of Christian Zionism published in the Encyclopedia of Christianity in t... more Brief historical overview of Christian Zionism published in the Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States / edited by George Thomas Kurian and Mark A. Lamport ; Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]
Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States, 2017
Brief overview of the history of the Far East Broadcasting Company. From the Encyclopedia of Chr... more Brief overview of the history of the Far East Broadcasting Company. From the Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States, Rowman & Littlefield, 2017. Kurian, George Thomas and Lamport, Mark A.
William E. Blackstone and Friends by Paul Rood
LCJE International Conference Paper , 2011
A century ago, Louis Meyer was a highly prominent thought leader and one of the most effective or... more A century ago, Louis Meyer was a highly prominent thought leader and one of the most effective organizers and ambassadors of the modern Messianic Movement. The son of Reformed Jews, with science and medical degrees from the best German universities, he emigrated to America where he received the gospel through the Presbyterian Jewish mission house in Cincinnati. Following his conversion and baptism in 1892, Meyer graduated from the Reformed Presbyterian Seminary in Pittsburgh, in 1897. Although his service as a minister/missionary statesman/scholar lasted only fifteen more years (he died of TB in 1913), Meyer accomplished much for the young international Messianic movement, conservative evangelical theology, and a corrective revision of the Church's theology of Isreal.
Jewish Journal (Los Angeles), 2016
Sam Grundwerg, Israel's consul general in Los Angeles, presents a wreath to Margaret Blackstone H... more Sam Grundwerg, Israel's consul general in Los Angeles, presents a wreath to Margaret Blackstone Harrell before laying it on the grave of her great-grandfather, William Blackstone, at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale on Sept. 28. "Standing up and taking action in the face of injustice or a wrong in the world-that's what Shimon Peres and William Blackstone were all about," said Sam Grundwerg, Israel's consul general in Los Angeles, speaking between American and Israeli flags set at the top of the park, with the San Fernando Valley unfurling behind him.
Blackstone Center Publication, 2016
Program and tributes given at a Multi-Faith Commemoration Ceremony at the grave site of William E... more Program and tributes given at a Multi-Faith Commemoration Ceremony at the grave site of William E. Blackstone (1841-1935). Representatives from the State of Israel, Jewish and Christian clergy, historians and civic leaders. Remembering the life and legacy of a founder of Zionism, humanitarian, and man of faith.
Blackstone Center series, 2020
The story of dialogue and cooperation between the Christian William E. Blackstone and two eminent... more The story of dialogue and cooperation between the Christian William E. Blackstone and two eminent American rabbis concerning the future of Israel -- including a detailed summary of Rabbi Abraham Lesser's B'akharith Hayamim, an orthodox rabbinic treatise concerning "The Last Days."
Remembering Blackstone's humanitarianism, realism and authentic Biblical faith underlying his sup... more Remembering Blackstone's humanitarianism, realism and authentic Biblical faith underlying his support for Zionism and historic diplomatic petitions in 1891 and 1916. Citation: Paul W. Rood, "William E. Blackstone: 'Zionism's Greatest Ally Outside of its Own Ranks,'" in Western States Jewish History, 48/2 (Winter 2015/5776): 49-69.
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