Resources by Michael A. G. Haykin

“Faith in the Time of Plague,” edited by Stephen M. Coleman and Todd M. Rester

As historians look at history, they seek to discern the forces or people that have shaped the past. My own historical convictions have led me to focus on people as the main actors on the stage of history, not economic force or ideologies per se. Yet, there is definitely a place to evaluate the impact […]

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Monday, 25 April, 2022 by Michael A. G. Haykin
What Is the Gospel? A Baptist Perspective

The English Puritan search for the New Testament’s pattern or blueprint of how to “do church” formed the matrix of Baptist origins in the first half of the seventeenth century. Of the two Baptist communities that emerged in this era—the General Baptists, who were Arminian, and the Particular Baptists, who were Calvinistic—the latter were far […]

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Tuesday, 01 March, 2022 by Michael A. G. Haykin
A review article of Gerald Bray, “The History of Christianity in Britain and Ireland”

Writing the history of the Christian Faith in the archipelago of Britain and Ireland with all of its complexity and fascinating rabbit-trails is a daunting task for any historian, as Prof. Gerald Bray rightly notes in his The History of Christianity in Britain and Ireland (xi). The history of the Church in these islands is […]

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Monday, 31 January, 2022 by Michael A. G. Haykin

Popular Posts

The Meaning of “God”

Jan 22, 2021

Modernity, Pluralism, and Doubt Perhaps the greatest accomplishment of Charles Taylor’s monumental A Secular Age was the simple observation that modern believers and unbelievers experience the world in much the same way. Whether raised by a homeschooling family who taught you to be a six-day creationist, or the child of an irreligious couple in San […]
Unhappily Married or Happily Divorced? The False Dilemma

Jan 25, 2021

Whatever we believe the Scriptures say about legitimate grounds for divorce, the assumption that marital dissolution should not be common among those who claim to follow Christ and Biblical teaching is reasonable. The pertinent passages recognized in the New Testament at most allow for divorce and remarriage only for egregious violations of the marital covenant […]
Biblical Nonconformity

Feb 19, 2021

Nonconformity is all the rage. Our culture applauds rebellion against social norms and encourages boldly standing apart. Sometimes this nonconformity is minor. It looks like fuchsia hair, living in a tiny house, eating only fruit and veggies. Other times nonconformity is something more extreme. The most immediate example is gender nonconformity. Biologically sexed males and […]
The Model for Christian Manhood: Introduction

Jun 16, 2021

When I used to lead women’s ministry at Mars Hill Church in Seattle, I helped organize our yearly Women’s Retreats. The men, however, never had Men’s Retreats. They had Men’s Advances. Retreats, as they saw it, were for sissies. Nevermind that the larger church adopted the concept of retreat from Jesus’s example in the Gospels. […]

“Faith in the Time of Plague,” edited by Stephen M. Coleman and Todd M. Rester

What Is the Gospel? A Baptist Perspective

A review article of Gerald Bray, “The History of Christianity in Britain and Ireland”