AMIDST US OUR BELOVÈD STANDS:
Recovering sacrament in the Baptist tradition.
By Michael A.G. Haykin
Lexham Press. 153 pages. £15.99
ISBN 978 1 683 595 854
‘Baptists are sacramental.’ Really? Surely we reject the sacramentalism of other traditions, and treat baptism and the Lord’s Supper as ‘ordinances’ not sacraments?
Michael Haykin shows that a more nuanced position is needed. The hymn that gives the book its title, written by Spurgeon, reflects a deeper understanding of both baptism and the Lord’s Supper, much closer to Calvin than Zwingli. Drawing on his exhaustive knowledge of Particular Baptist history, Haykin leads us through spiritually richer times.
