Confessing The Faith Yesterday And Today

Author : Alan PF Sell
Publisher : James Clarke & Company
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780227901830

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What is it to confess the Christian faith, and what is the status of formal confessions of faith? How far does the context inform the content of the confession? These questions are addressed in Part One, with reference to the Reformed tradition in general, and to its English and Welsh Dissenting strand in particular. In an adverse political context the Dissenters' plea for toleration under the law was eventually granted. The question of tolerance remains alive in our very different context, andin addition we face the challenge of confessing and commending the faith in an intellectual environment in which many question Christianity's relevance and rebut traditional defences of it. In Part Two it is recognised that Christian confessing is an ecclesial, not simply an individual, calling, and that the one confessing church catholic is visibly divided over doctrine and practice. Suggestions for ameliorating this situation are offered, though the final resolution may be a matter for theeschaton. Until then Christians are called to witness faithfully and to live hopefully as citizens of heaven. In an epilogue the challenges and pitfalls of systematic theology as a discipline involving both confession and commendation are explored.

Author : Chad B. Van Dixhoorn
Publisher : Banner of Truth
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1848714041

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Confessing the Faith by Chad B. Van Dixhoorn Pdf

This accessible, biblical, and thoughtful work digests years of study and teaching into bite-sized sections. Van Dixhoorn's work is historical and practical in its focus. It deliberately presents readers with more than another survey of Reformed theology; it offers a guide to a particular text, considers its original proof-texts, and seeks to deepen our understanding of each paragraph of the Confession.

Author : Alan P.F. Sell
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-02-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781620325940

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Confessing the Faith Yesterday and Today by Alan P.F. Sell Pdf

Can Christians be spiritual and religious? Do they even know the difference between the two? Through a guide for guardian angels entering into basic training for service to "womankind," Bound, an Earth Walker's handbook overhauls Western Christianity with integrity and clarity.

Author : Robert Kolb
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0570045568

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Confessing the Faith by Robert Kolb Pdf

Studies the formative background of the contemporary confessional stance of the Lutheran church.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Fig
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781623145422

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Belgic Confession by Anonim Pdf

Author : Allan Janssen
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498286251

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Confessing the Faith Today by Allan Janssen Pdf

With the understanding that confession is a witness to the gospel, Confessing the Faith Today investigates how a sixteenth-century Reformation confession, the Belgic Confession, can assist contemporary Christians testify to the truth of Gods gracious turn toward creation and do so in the context of the twenty-first century's competing claims. A close examination of the internal coherence of the Belgic Confession, along with an exploration of how that confession might engage contemporary life, offers fresh insight into how Christians might articulate what is at stake in the gospel. Janssen encourages the church to enter a conversation with the forebears of the faith, acknowledging the historical nature of not only the confession but of God's involvement in all creation.

Author : Jack L. Stotts,E. Jane Dempsey Douglass
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1990-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 066425098X

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To Confess the Faith Today by Jack L. Stotts,E. Jane Dempsey Douglass Pdf

Discusses the implications of each section of the Presbyterian Church's new Statement of Faith

Author : Douglas John Hall
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1451407157

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Confessing the Faith by Douglas John Hall Pdf

This bold work culminates Hall's three- volume contextual theology, the first to take the measure of Christian belief and doctrine explicitly in light of North American cultural and historical experience.Hall is deeply critical of North American culture but also of sidelined Christian churches that struggle to gain dominance within it. "We must stop thinking of the reduction of Christendom as a tragedy!" he says. The disestablishment that the churches reluctantly enjoy can enable them to develop genuine community, uncompromised theology, and honest engagement with the larger culture. To a failed culture and a struggling church Hall shows the radical implications of a theology of the cross for the shape and practice of church, preaching, ministry, ethics, and eschatology.Hall's frank and prophetic volume is the trilogy's most practical, and the most sustained probe to date of Christian life in a post-Christian context.

Author : Roger Lincoln Shinn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015018892334

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Confessing Our Faith by Roger Lincoln Shinn Pdf

This "reinterpretation" of the Statement of Faith adopted by the United Church of Christ in 1959 includes a description of the process that led to the original interpretation, and boldly indicates where the statement expresses firm convictions and where it encourages continuing discussions.

Author : Daniel R. Hyde
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725243644

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The Good Confession by Daniel R. Hyde Pdf

Today, too many Christians are followers of novelty, religious fads, and strange new doctrines unheard of in the history of the church. On the contrary, to be a Christian is to join the great "cloud of witnesses" (Heb 12:1) through the ages, confessing with the Body of Christ the "faith that was once for all delivered to the saints" (Jude 3). This is what Paul called the "good confession" (1 Tim 6:12). This workbook will lead you in a study of what it means to be a Christian from the vantage point of the Bible, the ancient Christian creeds, and the Protestant confessions of the sixteenth century.

Author : Rowland S. Ward
Publisher : Tulip Publishing
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781922584038

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The Westminster Confession of Faith by Rowland S. Ward Pdf

Rowland S. Ward's guide has served as an invaluable resource for many wishing to understand the rich theological tapestry of the Westminster Confession. In this revised and expanded volume, Ward has sought to bring further clarity to, and appreciation for, this great summary of doctrinal truth. If you are looking for an easy to read exposition of the Confession with sharp analysis of its contents and relevant discussion questions -- look no further.

Author : Emily Van Dixhoorn
Publisher : Banner of Truth
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Presbyterian Church
ISBN : 184871761X

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Confessing the Faith Study Guide by Emily Van Dixhoorn Pdf

Confessing the Faith Study Guide is a resource that aims to make group study easy. The questions stick closely to the text of Chad Van Dixhoorn's Confessing the Faith and follow the chapter subheadings that you will find there. Some questions cover essential doctrines; others explore scriptural passages; still others promote personal application. Each chapter ends with a consideration for prayer.

Author : Alan P.F. Sell
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 563 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2006-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781597528726

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Confessing and Commending the Faith by Alan P.F. Sell Pdf

Since Christianity is a way and not simply a theory, commending the faith to others is an activity in which every Christian participates. Confessing and Commending the Faith discusses the presuppositions which underlie the intellectual commendation of Christianity in the face of the philosophical challenges of the present day.Following his earlier books, John Locke and the Eighteenth-Century Divines and Philosophical Idealism and Christian Belief, Alan Sell proposes a way of proceeding with Christian apologetics in the twenty-first century. He discusses what Christians wish to proclaim, asks whether these claims are reasonable and examines what is involved in the intellectual commendation of the Christian faith.Confessing and Commending the Faith makes extensive use of the historical tradition of apologetics and brings this work to bear on contemporary questions such as the meaning, use and reference of religious language, and the question of transcendence in relation to history. Alan Sell argues that if the intellectual commendation of Christianity's claim to truth is to be viable, contemporary apologetics must draw upon reason, revelation and experience to do justice to Christianity's basic confession of Christ as Saviour and Lord.

Author : Robert Charles Sproul
Publisher : Reformation Trust Publishing
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Westminster Confession of Faith
ISBN : 1642891622

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Truths We Confess by Robert Charles Sproul Pdf

The Westminster Confession of Faith is one of the most precise and comprehensive statements of biblical Christianity, and it is treasured by believers around the world. Dr. R.C. Sproul has called it one of the most important confessions of faith ever penned, and it has helped generations of Christians understand and defend what they believe. In Truths We Confess, Dr. Sproul introduces readers to this remarkable confession, explaining its insights and applying them to modern life. In his signature easy-to-understand style and with his conviction that everyone's a theologian, he provides valuable commentary that will serve churches and individual Christians as they strive to better understand the eternal truths of Scripture. As he walks through the confession line by line, Dr. Sproul shows how the doctrines of the Bible--from creation to covenant, sin to salvation--fit together to the glory of God. This accessible volume is designed to help you deepen your knowledge of God's Word and answer the question, What do you believe?

Author : Theodore Gill
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498271752

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Confessing the One Faith, Revised Edition by Theodore Gill Pdf

Visible unity means that churches recognize in one another a witness to the fullness of the apostolic faith which they profess. Will Christians be able one day to declare together before the world, in common confession and praise, their faith in who God is and what God has done? This text-growing out of many years of study and consultation, involving theologians from various Christian traditions and from all parts of the world-is a unique instrument for drawing the churches toward such a common confession. As a contemporary explication of the creed that emerged from the ecumenical councils of Nicea (325) and Constantinople (381) and is used in both Eastern and Western Christian liturgies, Confessing the One Faith relates the subject matter of those ancient affirmations to the challenges of today's world-in which the language and philosophy of the fourth century sound alien to many, and the basic affirmations of the Christian faith are widely questioned. This new edition includes an introduction written by Dame Mary Tanner, a president of the World Council of Churches.