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Author Janssen, Allan J

Title Confessing the faith today : a fresh look at the belgic confession
Published Eugene : Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2016

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Contents Confessing a particular God : Articles 1, 8-11 -- Knowing God : Articles 2-7 -- God's good creation : Articles 12-15 -- Messiah : Articles 16-21 -- The rescue of the human : Articles 22-26 -- The community of faith : Articles 27-32 -- Sacraments : Articles 33-35 -- The community of faith and the secular state : Article 36 -- Last judgment : Article 37 -- Appendix : the Belgic Confession
Summary With the understanding that confession is a witness to the gospel, Confessing the Faith Today investigates how a sixteenth-century Reformation confession, the Belgic Confession, can assist contemporary Christians testify to the truth of Gods gracious turn toward creation and do so in the context of the twenty-first century's competing claims. A close examination of the internal coherence of the Belgic Confession, along with an exploration of how that confession might engage contemporary life, offers fresh insight into how Christians might articulate what is at stake in the gospel. Janssen enco
SUBJECT Belgic Confession
Belgic Confession fast
Subject Reformed Church -- Doctrines.
RELIGION -- Christianity -- Catechisms.
Reformed Church -- Doctrines
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781498286251
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