Conversations with the Confessions: Dialogue in the Reformed TraditionJoseph D. Small Westminster John Knox Press, 1. 1. 2005 - 248 strán (strany) Fourteen Presbyterian scholars enter into conversations with the confessions of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and examine the major theological themes that make the confessions such foundational commitments of faith. This collection of insightful essays provides readers with a clear understanding of the confessions from different periods of the church's life. These conversations with the confessions found in the PC(USA)'s Book of Confessions include some illuminating commentary on why they were written and demonstrate how they can be used to address major theological issues. This important work will help scholars, pastors, and church leaders interested in studying the Reformed tradition appreciate the role of the confessions in shaping Christian life and faith today. |
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... human , " and that the Holy Spirit is " the Lord , the giver of life . . . who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified . " Thus , the Nicene Creed gave formal declaration to what we know today as the doctrine of the ...
... Human life occurs only once , and the reason we cannot determine which of our decisions are good and which is bad is that in a given situation we can make only one decision ; we are not granted a second , third , or fourth life in which ...
... human achievement , superior to all that has preceded us ? If we recognize the arrogance of turning a deaf ear to the voices of our fore- bears , we can , in Lewis's words , " pass to the realization that our own age is also a ' period ...
... human arrogance could place the Word and work of the Lord in the service of any arbi- trarily chosen desires , purposes , and plans . ( S.26 - .27 ) Can it be that an institutionalized church — our institutionalized denomi- nation and ...
... humans into two categories : the elite few who could be initiated into the secrets of spiritual knowledge , and the multitude who could not know about God and had to depend on the spiritual elite . The bishop might then explain how ...
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A Conversation with the Westminster Standards | 51 |
A Conversation with TwentiethCentury Confessions | 69 |
Who Is God? | 93 |
Who Are We? | 111 |
What Does God Have to Do with Us? | 121 |
What Do We Have to Do with Each Other? | 135 |
Why the Church? | 151 |
Why the Bible? | 171 |
How Shall We Worship? | 187 |
How Shall We Live? | 207 |
Essential Tenets? | 223 |