Michael A.G. Haykin > Quotes

“It is a mercy to have a faithful friend, that loveth you entirely, and is as true to you as yourself, to whom you may open your mind and communicate your affairs, and who would be ready to strengthen you, and divide the cares of your affairs and family with you, and help you to bear your burdens, and comfort you in your sorrows, and be the daily companion of your lives, and partaker of your joys and sorrows. And it is a mercy to have so near a friend to be a helper to your soul; to join with you in prayer and other holy exercises; to watch over you and tell you of your sins and dangers, and to stir up in you the grace of God, and remember to you of the life to come, and cheerfully accompany you in the ways of holiness.18”
― Michael A.G. Haykin, The Christian Lover

“  He who hung the earth is hanging. He who fixed the heavens in place has been fixed in place. He who laid the foundations of the universe has been laid on a tree. The Master has been profaned.”
― Michael A.G. Haykin, Rediscovering the Church Fathers: Who They Were and How They Shaped the Church

“You did not see God. You did not perceive the Lord, Israel, You did not recognize the first-born of God, Begotten before the morning star, Who adorned the light, Who lit up the day, Who divided the darkness, Who fixed the first boundary, Who hung the earth, Who tamed the abyss, Who stretched out the firmament, Who furnished the world, Who arranged the stars in the heavens, Who lit up the great lights, Who made the angels in heaven, Who there established thrones,”
― Michael A.G. Haykin, Rediscovering the Church Fathers: Who They Were and How They Shaped the Church

“J.I.Packer:“Tradition ...is the fruit of the Spirit’s teaching activity from the ages as God’s people have sought understanding of Scripture.”
― Michael A.G. Haykin, Rediscovering the Church Fathers: Who They Were and How They Shaped the Church

“The renowned authority on early church history Henry Chadwick puts this point well when he states that one of the major reasons for the growth of the church was the fact that the gospel it preached “spoke of divine grace in Christ, the remission of sins and the conquest of evil powers for the sick soul, tired of living and scared of dying, seeking for an assurance of immortality.”
― Michael A. G. Haykin, Rediscovering the Church Fathers: Who They Were and How They Shaped the Church

“seems odd, that certain men who talk so much of what the Holy Spirit reveals to themselves, should think so little of what he has revealed to others.”
― Michael A.G. Haykin, Rediscovering the Church Fathers: Who They Were and How They Shaped the Church