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Dr. Michael A.G. Haykin is chair and professor of church history and biblical spirituality at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., where he serves as director of the Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies. He is also a fellow of the Royal Historical Society in the United Kingdom. He is author of numerous books, including Rediscovering the Church Fathers: Who They Were and How They Shaped the Church and The Christian Lover: The Sweetness of Love and Marriage in the Letters of Believers.