The Theology of the Westminster Standards
The Theology of the Westminster Standards

Author: J. V. Fesko

Publisher: Crossway

Published: 2014-06-30

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13: 1433533146

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For centuries, countless Christians have turned to the Westminster Standards for insights into the Christian faith. These renowned documents—first published in the middle of the 17th century—are still considered by many to be some of the most beautifully written summaries of the Bible's teaching ever produced. Church historian John Fesko walks readers through the background and theology of the Westminster Confession, the Larger Catechism, and the Shorter Catechism, helpfully situating them within their original context. Organized according to the major categories of systematic theology, this book utilizes quotations from other key works from the same time period to shed light on the history and significance of these influential documents.

Confessing the Faith
Confessing the Faith

Author: Chad B. Van Dixhoorn

Publisher: Banner of Truth

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 484

ISBN-13: 9781848714045

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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.

Imputation of the Active Obedience of Christ in the Westminster Standards
Imputation of the Active Obedience of Christ in the Westminster Standards

Author: Alan D. Strange

Publisher: Reformation Heritage Books

Published: 2019-09-15

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 1601787154

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In this book, Alan D. Strange investigates the Westminster Assembly and the Westminster Standards to determine whether they affirmed the imputation of Christ’s active obedience as necessary for our justification. He also gives a survey of church history before and during the Reformation to see how the Assembly relates to the tradition before it. This study also reflects on the relation of imputation to federal theology, modern challenges to the doctrine, and important rules for interpreting the confessional document. Table of Contents: 1. An Initial Approach to the Westminster Assembly’s Understanding of Christ’s Active Obedience 2. Antecedents to Active Obedience in the Ancient and Medieval Church 3. Active Obedience in the Reformation before the Westminster Assembly 4. The Work of the Westminster Assembly and Active Obedience, Part 1 5. The Work of the Westminster Assembly and Active Obedience, Part 2 6. The Imputation of Christ’s Active Obedience throughout the Westminster Standards 7. Active Obedience and Federal Theology 8. The Place of Active Obedience in Confessional Interpretation

The Westminster Assembly
The Westminster Assembly

Author: Robert Letham

Publisher: Westminster Assembly and the R

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 399

ISBN-13: 9780875526126

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Drawing on new primary source material, The Westminster Assembly considers the Assembly's theology in terms of the unfolding development of doctrine in the Reformed church as a whole and its specific context in English history.

Christ and the Law
Christ and the Law

Author: Whitney G. Gamble

Publisher: Reformation Heritage Books

Published: 2018-05-12

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 1601786158

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Antinomianism was the primary theological concern addressed by the Westminster Assembly. Yet until now, no monograph has taken up the specific concerns related to antinomianism and the famous assembly. In Christ and the Law, Whitney G. Gamble sketches the rise of English antinomianism in the early decades of the 1600s to the assembly’s first encounter with it in 1643, summarizing the main theological tenets of antinomianism and examining the assembly’s work against it, both politically and theologically. Along the way, Gamble analyzes how the assembly’s published documents addressed theological issues raised by antinomianism on matters of justification, faith, works, and the moral law. By detailing the assembly’s perspective on antinomianism, Gamble’s book helps further our understanding of the formation, nature, and growth of Reformed theology in seventeenth-century England. Series Description Complementing the primary source material in the Principal Documents of the Westminster Assembly series, the Studies on the Westminster Assembly provides access to classic studies that have not been reprinted and to new studies, providing some of the best existing research on the Assembly and its members.

The Westminster Confession of Faith and the Cessation of Special Revelation
The Westminster Confession of Faith and the Cessation of Special Revelation

Author: Garnet Howard Milne

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2007-12-01

Total Pages: 363

ISBN-13: 1556358059

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In the opening chapter of the Confession, the divines of Westminster included a clause that implied that there would no longer be any special immediate revelation from God. Means by which God had once communicated the divine will, such as dreams, visions, and the miraculous gifts of the Spirit, were said to be no longer available. However, many of the authors of the WCF accepted that prophecy continued in their time, and a number of them apparently believed that disclosure of God's will through dreams, visions, and angelic communication remained possible. How is the cessationist clause of WCF 1:1 to be read in the light of these claims? This book reconciles this paradox in a detailed study of the writings of the authors of the Westminster Confession of Faith.

The Shorter Catechism with Scripture Proofs
The Shorter Catechism with Scripture Proofs

Author: Westminster Assembly

Publisher: Ravenio Books

Published:

Total Pages: 125

ISBN-13:

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This useful digital edition of the famous Westminster Shorter Catechism is hyperlinked to the the supporting Scripture verses for easy reference.

Hold Fast the Faith
Hold Fast the Faith

Author: Matthew Everhard

Publisher: Matthew Everhard

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 1934453102

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Furthermore, 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.