Michael A. G. Haykin
Michael A. G. Haykin is professor of Church History and Biblical Spirituality at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.
View Author's PageSituated at the pivotal intersection of the departure of Jesus Christ and the arrival of the Holy Spirit, Acts and Paul’s Letters: The Gospel to the Ends of the Earth tells the story of the birth of the Christian church and the remarkable spread of the gospel. Readers will learn how to interpret Paul’s thirteen letters within the context of the historical telling of the early Christian movement in the Book of Acts and will gain a deeper appreciation and understanding of one of the most important epochs in human history.
Introduction
SECTION ONE: BAPTIST BELIEFS
Chapter 1: Baptist Identity and Distinctives
SECTION TWO: BAPTISTS IN THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES
Chapter 2: Baptist Beginnings
Chapter 3: Living under the Cross
Chapter 4: The Age of Reason and Revival
Chapter 5: Renewal and Advance
SECTION THREE: BAPTISTS IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
Chapter 6: Baptists and the World before Them
Chapter 7: Progress and Setbacks
Chapter 8: Expansion and Adaptation
Chapter 9: Transitions and Trends
SECTION FOUR: BAPTISTS IN THE TWENTIETH AND TWENTY-FIRST CENTURIES
Chapter 10: The Early Twentieth Century
Chapter 11: Tension and Expansion
Chapter 12: Controversies in a Changing World
Chapter 13: Recent Developments in the Baptist Story
Conclusion: A Global Movement
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Glossary
Image Credits
General Index
Scripture Index
Situated at the pivotal intersection of the departure of Jesus Christ and the arrival of the Holy Spirit, Acts and Paul’s Letters: The Gospel to the Ends of the Earth tells the story of the birth of the Christian church and the remarkable spread of the gospel. Readers will learn how to interpret Paul’s thirteen letters within the context of the historical telling of the early Christian movement in the Book of Acts and will gain a deeper appreciation and understanding of one of the most important epochs in human history.
Introduction
SECTION ONE: BAPTIST BELIEFS
Chapter 1: Baptist Identity and Distinctives
SECTION TWO: BAPTISTS IN THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES
Chapter 2: Baptist Beginnings
Chapter 3: Living under the Cross
Chapter 4: The Age of Reason and Revival
Chapter 5: Renewal and Advance
SECTION THREE: BAPTISTS IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
Chapter 6: Baptists and the World before Them
Chapter 7: Progress and Setbacks
Chapter 8: Expansion and Adaptation
Chapter 9: Transitions and Trends
SECTION FOUR: BAPTISTS IN THE TWENTIETH AND TWENTY-FIRST CENTURIES
Chapter 10: The Early Twentieth Century
Chapter 11: Tension and Expansion
Chapter 12: Controversies in a Changing World
Chapter 13: Recent Developments in the Baptist Story
Conclusion: A Global Movement
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Glossary
Image Credits
General Index
Scripture Index