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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... practice at that time . The watchwords of the Reformation — sola gratia , sola fide , sola scriptura ( grace alone , faith alone , scripture alone ) —characterize these confessions . For me , these ardent defenses of the faith have an ...
... practice in safe Switzerland ? Should they have moved from Prague into the countryside , where they met their deaths — crushed by the weight of an overturned truck ? Weighty questions , but there are no answers , and so the lightness of ...
... practice , but to be used as a help in both " ( 6.175 ) . Reformed aversion to " a single rule of faith " has not led to the avoidance of confessional statements because it has been coupled with freedom to use expressions that are ...
... practices that are changeable , not essential , elements of Christian identity . It is the theological task of the community of faith to distinguish between the catholic and the particular , and to make distinctions between those ...
... practice and effort , most can learn it by heart . " The student apparently felt misunderstood and so asked a follow - up ques- tion : " What am I to do if I find I cannot affirm parts of the Creed , like the Vir- gin Birth ? " The ...
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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 |