Eight Women of Faith

by Michael A. G. Haykin, Karen Swallow Prior (Foreword by)

Overview

Historian Michael Haykin reminds contemporary Christians of the important contributions eight women have made in the history of the church, including Jane Austen, Lady Jane Grey, and Sarah Edwards.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781433548925
Publisher:	Crossway
Publication date:	07/31/2016
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.42(d)

About the 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, including Rediscovering the Church Fathers: Who They Were and How They Shaped the Church.

Table of Contents

Foreword Karen Swallow Prior 11

Introduction 15

1 The "Witness of Jane Grey, an Evangelical Queen "Faith Only Justifieth" 21

2 Richard Baxter's Testimony about Margaret Baxter "Ruled by Her Prudent Love in Many Things" 37

3 Anne Button and Her Theological "Works "The Glory of God, and the Good of Souls" 53

4 Sarah Edwards and the "Vision of God "A "Wonderful Sweetness" 67

5 Anne Steele and Her Hymns "The Tuneful Tongue That Sung… Her Great Redeemer's Praise" 81

6 Esther Edwards Burr on Friendship "One of the Best Helps to Keep Up Religion in the Soul" 93

7 Ann Judson and the Missionary Enterprise "Truth Compelled Us" 103

8 The Christian Faith of Jane Austen "The Value of That Holy Religion" 117

Notes 131

General Index 151

Scripture Index 159