English Baptists of the 17th Century: Conference Downloads

Michael Haykin's research assistant has posted details of the availability of MP3 downloads of the papers given at a recent Conference on 17th Century English Baptists. I am posting the details and links here.  It looks like there are a number of good things here.

Conference Description

The theme of the 2008 conference was, “The English Baptists of the 17th Century.” Featured speakers included: R. Albert Mohler, Jr., Barry Howson, Larry Kreitzer, Tom Nettles, Jim Renihan, Austin Walker, and Malcolm Yarnell. Other up and coming Baptist History scholars presented papers as well.

Conference Schedule and Audio

The topics of this conference are available below. It is hoped that many of these papers will be published in book form in the near future. In the meantime, the audio is available below in MP3 format. To download the audio, right click on the title of the lecture which you would like to download, then select “Save As…” (alternately, it could be called, “Save Target As..,.” or “Save Link As…”). Most computers will also allow you to stream the audio by simply clicking on the “MP3” link.

Monday, August 25

9:00 AM An Opening Word (MP3)
Dr. Michael Haykin (Director of The Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies)

9:10 AM Plenary Session 1: “The English Calvinistic Baptists of the 17th Century—An Overview” (MP3)
Dr. Malcolm Yarnell (Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary)

10:25 AM Plenary Session 2: “John Spilsbury and the Beginning of the Baptists” (MP3)
Dr. Tom Nettles (The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)

11:40 AM Plenary Session 3: “Hanserd Knollys (1599-1691) and the Interpretation of Revelation” (MP3)
Dr. Barry Howson (Heritage Theological Seminary)

2:45—3:25 PM Parallel Session 1:

• Room A: “Henry Jessey (1601-1663): His Life and Thought” (MP3)
  Jason Duesing (PhD candidate, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary)

• Room B: “‘A Poor and Despised People’: Abraham Cheare and the Calvinistic Baptists at Plymouth.” (MP3)
  Dr. Jeff Robinson (The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)

• Room C: “Baptist Associations in the 17th Century” (MP3)
  Dr. Stan Fowler (Heritage Theological Seminary)

3:35—4:15 PM Parallel Session 2:

• Room A: “Benjamin Keach’s Doctrine of Justification” (MP3)
  Tom Hicks (PhD candidate, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)

• Room B: “The Role of Metaphor in the Sermons of Benjamin Keach” (MP3)
  Chris Holmes (PhD candidate, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)

• Room C: “Turks, Jews, & God’s Plan for His People: Hanserd Knollys’ Understanding of Abraham’s Other ‘Descendants’ ” (MP3)
  Dr. Dennis Bustin (Atlantic Baptist University‎)

8:30 PM Plenary Session 4: “The Importance of Baptist Confessionalism” (MP3)
Dr. Albert Mohler (President, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)

Tuesday, August 26

8:45 AM Plenary Session 5: “The Strange Case of Thomas Collier” (MP3)
Dr. James Renihan (Dean, The Institute of Reformed Baptist Studies)

11:30 AM Plenary Session 6: “Benjamin Keach and the Protestant Cause Under Persecution” (MP3)
Austin Walker (Pastor, Maidenbower Baptist Church, Crawley, UK)

2:20 – 3:00 PM - Parallel Session 3:

• Room A: “Thomas Wilcox and his A Choice Drop of Honey from the Rock Christ” (MP3)
  Dr. Stephen Yuille (Toronto Baptist Seminary)

• Room B: “Hercules Collins and The Temple Repair’d: Baptists and Theological Education” (MP3)
  Steve Weaver (PhD candidate, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)

3:10 – 3:50 PM – Parallel Session 4:

• Room A: “The Prison Epistles of Thomas Hardcastle” (MP3)
  Dr. Peter Beck (Charleston Southern University)

• Room B: “17th Century Baptists and the Perseverance of the Saints” (MP3)
  Jay Collier (PhD candidate, Calvin Seminary)

4:00 PM Plenary Session 7: “William Kiffin (1616-1701)—His Life and Thought” (MP3)
Dr Larry Kreitzer (Regent’s Park College, University of Oxford)

5:00—5:10 PM A Closing Word (MP3)
Dr. Michael Haykin (Director, The Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies)

Comments

[Phil Baiden]

Thanks for drawing attention to this, Sean.

Much has been written about the revival of Reformed theology in the Southern Baptists - a lot of it reacting against it. (Those Calvinists won't evangelise and would get rid of the altar call!)

What's the position in Britain? Is there an increased interest in historical, confessional Baptist thought in BUGB?