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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... teaching and 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 ...
... teach us when a person shows up at the door of our flat ? When a person we love has gone to a place of uncertainty and dan- ger ? When we must decide whether to leave the city for the countryside ? Indi- vidual lives are light , not ...
... teachers of count- less believers who have gone before us . Now we too are in the procession of believers who stand after the proclamation of the Word and confess in one voice what we believe . Kathleen Norris's story is illuminating ...
... Teachers are needed to bring in the " furniture " —the tables , sofas , and carpets of the major doctrines . That is why the Trinity , Jesus Christ , and the Holy Spirit are included in the Apostles ' Creed and the Nicene Creed , but ...
... teacher who will instruct him in the faith and explain what the words mean and make him understand what concerns God . " 5 Dozens of examples similar to this appear in the volume . Clearly , the church leadership took memorization of ...
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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 |