num_pages: 160
description: Amidst Us Our Belovd Stands will help all pastors and theologians whether Baptist or not to consider our own understanding of the sacraments afresh in light of the past.  Themelios Baptists are sacramental When it comes to baptism and the Lord's Supper many Baptists reject the language of sacrament . As a people of the book the logic goes Baptists must not let tradition supersede the Bible. So Baptists tend to view baptism and Communion as ordinances and symbols not sacraments. But the history of Baptists and sacramentalism is complicated. In Amidst Us Our Beloved Stands  Michael A. G. Haykin argues that many Baptists such as Charles Spurgeon and other Particular Baptists stood closer to Reformed sacramental thought than most Baptists today. More than mere memorials baptism and Communion have spiritual implications that were celebrated by Baptists of the past in sermons and hymnody. Haykin calls for a renewal of sacramental life in churches todayBaptists can and should be sacramental.
language: English
title: Amidst Us Our Beloved Stands: Recovering Sacrament in the Baptist Tradition
publisher: Lexham Press