Haykin, Michael & Brooker, Darrin R.
EBOOK A Consuming Fire: The Piety of Alexander Whyte - EBOOK (Haykin, ed.)
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Description
Michael A. G. Haykin provides an excellent primer on Reformed Evangelical spirituality by opening a window to the life and work of Alexander Whyte. Haykin's biographical essay introduces the reader to Whyte and to the high premium he placed on vibrant Christianity. The remainder of the book presents 28 selections from various written works by Whyte that display his burning zeal for the devoted life. For those who are not familiar with Whyte but interested in acquainting themselves with him and the spirituality of the Reformed tradition, this book will make a reliable introduction.
A Consuming Fire is the first book in a series called Profiles in Reformed Spirituality, being co-edited by Joel R. Beeke and Michael A.G. Haykin. This series is designed to introduce the spirituality and piety of the Reformed tradition by presenting descriptions of the lives of notable Christians with select passages from their works. This combination of biographical sketches and collected portions from primary sources gives a taste of the treated subjects’ contribution to our spiritual heritage and some direction as to how the reader can find further edification through their works.
Table of Contents:
- Neglecting God
- Experience one’s own sinfulness
- The Strappado
- Such is the kingdom of Satan
- The melancholy temperament
- Christ and Moses
- The blood of Christ
- ‘Rock of Ages’
- Magnifying Jesus Christ
- The Great Revelation
- Ashamed of the Gospel
- The chief end of man
- Eyes spangling
- The element of time in our devotions
- The secret burden
- Evangelical humility
- ‘Incomparable Thomas Goodwin’
- Divinity students
- Knowledge needed
- Knowing a good minister
- The school of experience
- The school of personal experience – for all
- Being watchful
- Pastoral visitation
- Look to yourselves
- Sincerity
- Books without depth
- To the congregation of St. George’s United Free Church
Series Description
Seeking, then, both to honor the past and yet not idolize it, we are issuing these books in the series Profiles in Reformed Spirituality. The design is to introduce the spirituality and piety of the Reformed Profiles in Reformed Spirituality tradition by presenting descriptions of the lives of notable Christians with select passages from their works. This combination of biographical sketches and collected portions from primary sources gives a taste of the subjects’ contributions to our spiritual heritage and some direction as to how the reader can find further edification through their works. It is the hope of the publishers that this series will provide riches for those areas where we are poor and light of day where we are stumbling in the deepening twilight.
Endorsements
"Michael Haykin's A Consuming Fire is a splendid 'warts and all' cameo portrait of the remarkable Dr. Alexander Whyte. The moving story of how an illegitimate child became a pulpit prince is told here with the skill of a historian and the sensitivity of a fellow Christian. The wonderful selection of passages from Whyte's works is itself worth the price of the book!" - Sinclair B. Ferguson
"In this very helpful, readable profile we discover the source of Whyte's authority as a preacher, his humility as a pastor, and his overall integrity as a person. This provides us with a timeless example of a Christ-centered life." - Alistair Begg.
Author
Michael A. G. Haykin (ThD, University of Toronto) is professor of church history and biblical spirituality at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and director of the Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies. He has authored or edited more than twenty-five books.