Michael Haykin is Director of The Andrew Fuller Center for Biblical Studies and Professor of Church History and Biblical Spirituality at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Dr. Haykin has taught Church History at different institutions in North America and abroad for over 40 years. He is a member of the Royal Historical Society and Evangelical Theological Society among others. Haykin is married to Alison and they have two children. BOOKS “Bespangled with Divine Grace”: The Spirituality of John Gill (Joshua Press, 2022) Amidst Us Our Beloved Stands: Recovering Sacrament in the Baptist Tradition (Lexham Press, 2022) Iron Sharpens Iron: Friendship and the Grace of God (Union, 2022) Why Should I Be Interested in Church History? (Reformation Heritage Books, 2022)
The stance taken by Basil with regard to abortion is yet another facet of the compassion and concern he exhibited on this occasion during the winter of 368-369 and at other times during his life. This stance emanated from a genuine concern for the life of the unborn child and, as such, remains both a model and a challenge for the Church at the beginning of the twenty-first century.