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The oil portrait of Andrew Fuller on the front cover of the review is by the painter Samuel Medley (1769–1857), the son of the famous Baptist minister, also Samuel Medley (1738-1799). The original oil painting is in the personal collection of Rev. Norman L. Hopkins of Rochester, Kent, England. The only other known oil painting of Fuller is in Regent’s Park College, the University of Oxford.

The Andrew Fuller Center currently publishes The Andrew Fuller Review. This publication has replaced the Eusebeia journal and is published three times a year. AFR carries articles and book reviews related to Baptist history and thought.

Table of Contents of first issue.

Editorial from first issue (in which Dr. Haykin explains the purpose of the Review).

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Editor: Michael A.G. Haykin

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Dr. Michael Haykin will be a guest expert on an Easter Television Special Program which will air this weekend. Dr. Haykin will be a featured historian on this weekend’s “Truth that Transforms” broadcast. Beginning Thursday or Friday the 30 minute program will be available on the program’s website. It will also air all weekend on select stations. For air times and stations in your area click here.

Here is a great statement from Steven D. Greydanus in his review of the film The Mill & the Cross on the purpose of art:

“André Bazin, the great Catholic film critic and theorist, wrote about the mission of art to rescue the world from transience and corruption, to capture moments and events in time and space before they slip into the irretrievable past, and so bear witness to the hand of God in creation.”

Here is a great post on rebellious children: http://gospelstoryforkids.com/even-perfect-parents-have-rebellious-children/

Dr. Michael A. G. Haykin has a new book coming soon from Joshua Press. This book will focus on the Reformers and Puritans as spiritual mentors.

It has been said that there are few texts in Patristic material that indicate Christians prayed for the salvation of unbelievers. I think the case is rather that the effort in finding them has not been made.

Here are two from Justin Martyr’s Dialogue with Trypho 96.3 and then right at the close where Justin prays for Trypho and his friends (Dialogue with Trypho 142.3).

Also noteworthy is what Justin says about the common perception regarding the type of prayers that God hears: “who does not know that prayer is the most pleasing to God which is uttered with lamentation and tears, with prostrate body or bended knees?” (Dialogue with Trypho 90.4). Of course, in the context, Justin is seeking to show that Moses’ prayers during the battle with the Amalekites were nonetheless heard even though he was seated. The whole passage needs read, for it is a fascinating piece of early Christian exegesis to show that it is prayer through the crucified Christ that wins the hearing of God.

Dr. Michael Haykin has penned a brief review of Renovation of the Church. What Happens When a Seeker Church Discovers Spiritual Formation by Kent Carlson and Mike Lueken. You can access the review by clicking on the title or by visiting this site’s “Book Review” page.

Dr. Haykin has responded to a question submitted on this website’s “Ask Me a Question” feature. The question was: “I was wondering if you would be willing to give me your picks for 5 of the best theology books you’ve read and recommend.” Dr. Haykin responded with his list here. Feel free to interact with his list and share your own in the comment section for his post.

I was just asked this question by Matthew Barrett of Credo. It is an easy question to answer in some ways. Out of the multitude of books that I did read in 2011, one stands out head and shoulders above the others. It is John Wigger, American Saint: Francis Asbury and the Methodists (Oxford University Press, 2009).

This is “thick” history at its best: rich in detail, conversant with the cultural, theological and ecclesial scene and deeply awe-inspiring. I was astonished at the way I resonated with the heart-beat of a man with whom I have serious theological differences on the level of secondary issues. A superb read.

Just thinking that one could write a monograph on the western search seeking Somebody to love–and the eternally significant discovery made by the Fathers and our Baptist forebears! A kind of Patristic/Baptist answer to that haunting refrain of Grace Slick’s song!