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Author: Gerald Lewis Bray
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Published: 2009
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780946307845
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBray examines the 39 Articles of Religion, one of the three historic formularies of the Church of England. Along with the Book of Common Prayer and the Ordinal, they gave the church its distinctive identity at the time of the Reformation.
Author: Robert Charles Sproul
Publisher: Reformation Trust Publishing
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 720
ISBN-13: 9781642891621
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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: Chad B. Van Dixhoorn
Publisher: Banner of Truth
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 484
ISBN-13: 9781848714045
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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.
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Publisher: Fig
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Total Pages: 48
ISBN-13: 1623145422
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John R. Bower
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Published: 2013-11
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781601782434
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jan Milic Lochman
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2005-01-13
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 159752008X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJan Milic Lochman is internationally respected as a convincing and powerful interpreter of theology for both Christians and Marxists. With this work he offers a contemporary and ecumenical statement of what Christians believe, based on the Apostles' Creed. He treats the creed not as an archaic document, but as a living witness, vitally relevant to today's intellectual and ecumenical scene. This existentially committed exposition of the basics of Christian faith will inform and challenge both clergy and laity - Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox - as few have done since the majestic 'Credo' of Karl Barth.
Author: Hermann Sasse
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Published: 1999
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780570042785
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThese essays define a Lutheran approach and understanding of the Gospel. The book is divided into three sections (previously published as separate volumes). Section 1 includes essays on Jesus Christ, the theology of the cross, and church and confession. Section 2 offers essays on the Sacraments. Section 3 presents writings on the Church, the Holy Spirit, ministry, last things, and more.
Author: Matthew Everhard
Publisher: Matthew Everhard
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 1934453102
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFurthermore, confessions and creeds serve to help assure that the doctrinal faith that we articulate today has not subtly changed over time, subject to the warping influence of secular society. Creeds stand as ancient landmarks denoting the "location" of believers' hearts in history. Noting where one deviates from an ancient creed gives a person a distinct idea about where his or her own theological convictions stand in relation to other believers throughout history. Perhaps this also helps us to discover what direction we are moving. Are we moving closer to Christ? To God's Word? To the heart of God Himself? Or are we moving further away? The confession that I will be recommending to you in this volume is the standard-bearing creed in the Presbyterian or Reformed branch of Christianity. Influenced heavily by the thinking of Reformation theologian John Calvin (1509-1564), the Westminster Confession (1647) is a confessional exemplar of Reformed theology.2 The Westminster Confession of Faith is the premiere example of theological intellectualism absorbed in the beauty of the sovereignty of God. The Westminster Confession, and Calvin before it for that matter, were both completely committed to the theological concept that God is sovereign over the entire universe. Therefore, as you study this Confession you will undoubtedly encounter the Living God as ruler of the cosmos, the world, the events of your life, and hopefully your heart.
Author: Douglas John Hall
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 552
ISBN-13: 9781451407150
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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: David Dickson
Publisher: Ravenio Books
Published: 1787
Total Pages: 197
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis commentary on the Westminster Confession contains the following chapters: I. Of the Holy Scripture II. Of God, and of the Holy Trinity III. Of God's Eternal Decrees IV. Of Creation V. Of Providence VI. Concerning the Fall of Man, of Sin, and the Punishment thereof VII. Of God's Covenant with Man VIII. Of Christ the Mediator IX. Of Free-will X. Of Effectual Calling XI. Of Justification XII. Of Adoption XIII. Of Sanctification XIV. Of Saving Faith XV. Of Repentance XVI. Of Good Works XVII. Of the Perseverance of the Saints XVIII. Of Assurance of Grace and Salvation XIX. Of the Law of God XX. Of Christian Liberty, and Liberty of Conscience XXI. Of Religious Worship, and the Sabbath Day
