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Quite simply, three of the most important and well-known confessions of the Reformed faith. The Augsburg Confession is the earliest of the three and is the primary confession of the Lutheran Church. The Heidelberg Catechism was a response written by Zacharias Ursinus and consists of 129 questions and answers. The Westminster Confession is the best known and begins with "What is the chief end of man? Man's chief end is to glorify God, and enjoy Him forever."

Sobre el libre albedrío (De libero arbitrio voluntatis) es uno de los escritos más emblemáticos de San Agustín de Hipona (354-430 d.C.), uno de los filósofos y teólogos más influyentes de la antigüedad tardía. Escrita en el siglo IV, esta obra maestra sigue siendo relevante hoy en día, abordando las complejas cuestiones del bien y el mal, la libertad humana, y el papel de Dios en nuestras vidas.

The Covenant: Simple yet Profound is intended for all Christians. Those who have only a rudimentary understanding of the gospel, as one would expect, will find some portions more difficult than others. And, conversely, those with a mature knowledge, will perhaps find some portions simplistic. Regardless, this book about covenant theology has especially been written with the layman in mind. Though dealing with the Covenant of Redemption, the Covenant of Works, and the Covenant of Grace, this book is really about the gospel by another name.

"On True and False Religion" is perhaps Ulrich Zwingli's most well-known work. Published in 1525, a few years after Melanchthon's influential "Locis" and a decade before Calvin's renowned "Institutes," this work takes its place in the context of the Reformation in its embryonic stage, where the need to deeply understand the central doctrines of Christianity was on the rise. In exploring this work, we find a deep dive into the essence of beliefs and teachings that would define the Protestant movement. With its publication, Zwingli offers us a glimpse into Reformed theology in its genesis, ...

New Testament scholar Greg Lanier traces the rich roots of creedal Christology through the Scriptures, explaining six ways that the Bible displays Jesus’ divinity. As you discover the overwhelming biblical evidence for the divinity of Christ, you will be drawn to the inescapable conclusion that the man Jesus Christ is more than just a footnote in history - he is truly God.

Believer's Bible Doctrine Handbook provides brief summaries of eighty Christian truths, arranged in ten categories: Scripture, God, Christ, the Holy Spirit, Man, Sin, Salvation, Sanctification, the Church, and Future Events. Based squarely on the foundation of biblical authority, Believer's Bible Doctrine Handbook offers a Trinitarian theology and a balanced evangelical doctrine of salvation. It adopts credo-baptist, de-facto cessationist, and complementarian positions, in addition to advocating a non-legalistic doctrine of sanctification, elements of congregational, presbyterian, and ...

There is great confusion and controversy over the doctrine of the Holy Spirit. Who is he, and what does he do? Is he some type of force? Is he an energy or a thing? Likewise, topics such as spiritual gifts, the baptism in the Spirit, and being filled with the Spirit tend to incite differing views and discord, even amongst the sincerest and most devoted Christians. Because of all this, some have hesitated to study or teach on the Holy Spirit. This is unfortunate, since the Holy Spirit makes possible both the redemption (John 6:8-9, Rom 8:11) and sanctification (1 Pet 1:2) of believers. In ...

What are angels? Who are they and what can we learn from them? In Scripture, angels are mentioned over 250 times in thirty-four books of the Bible. Angels were present, rejoicing at God’s forming of the earth (Job 38:4-7). They visited Abraham’s house and brought judgment on Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen 18, 19:13). They were involved with the transmission of the Ten Commandments to Moses (Gal 3:19). An angel gave prophecies to Daniel about Israel’s future (Dan 9, 10). Likewise, an angel prophesied the messiah’s birth to both Mary and Joseph (Matt 1, Lk 1). An angel strengthened Christ ...

Review "It will make you think. You better get your Bible out and get ready to do some reading." - Frederick L Perrin "I thoroughly enjoyed this book, a no nonsense approach and well thought out with scripture applied in the way it's meant to be." - Moondog (Amazon Reviewer) Description Wars and rumors of wars? The great tribulation? The Abomination of Desolation? When you hear those phrases, what do you think about? Is it the rapture, a 7-year tribulation, the antichrist, or the end of the world? Most of the modern treatments of the end times are based on newspaper headlines, current ...

Many of us believe that in order to please God, we have to be perfect. It’s an easy lie to buy into. In a culture that emphasizes accomplishment and ever-higher goals, we feel driven to do more, achieve more, be more. And we get caught up in the unforgiving treadmill of self-imposed rules, believing that we should, we need to, we must. The result? Anger, frustration, and anxiety that keep us far away from the life of peace that Jesus promised.

Wayne Grudem's Systematic Theology is widely influential. It is well laid out, easy to understand, and has components that make working through it a spiritual experience. The problem is that it is wrong at a number of fundamental points. This is the first of seven e-booklets summarizing and evaluating Grudem's theology. This first e-booklet evaluates his theology of Scripture, whose underlying problem is that it is riddled with anachronistic thinking. Grudem neither knows how to fully read the books of the Bible in context, nor is aware of how fundamentalist Reformed influences have skewed ...

What is God like? This book provides the answers. Learn about Gods character, the Trinity, his nature, sovereignty, providence, love, mercy, and much more! Comes complete with study group questions. Great introduction to the doctrine of God.

The doctrine of Justification by Faith is what separated the Protestants from the Roman Catholics five centuries ago. However, today many Protestants have no clear idea of the doctrine or the history of how it was recovered by Martin Luther. This book presents both of these in accessible terms. Please remember that this book is not meant for everyone! It is meant for Protestants alone. Roman Cathoics might find many portions less than pleasing.

Glimmerings brings the high-voltage tensions of faith as felt by many into the realm of relationship, where our hope might be bolstered in community with kindred minds. This vivid interpersonal offering brings together one of the world’s leading Christian theologians, Miroslav Volf, with one of the most celebrated voices in modern American poetry, Christian Wiman, in this private-now-public exchange of letters on these very pressing tensions of our time.

In this volume in Zondervan Academic's New Studies in Dogmatics series, theologian Kelly M. Kapic reflects on the Christian life: its foundation, its nourishment, and its goal. Kapic contends that the Christian life is, first and foremost, one that is lived in response to the love of the triune God. It thus flows from God toward us, and we are then drawn back into communion with God. As those united to God through Jesus Christ by the Holy Spirit, Christians are enabled to respond to God's love.

La iglesia fue fundada por el Señor Jesús para la propagación de su doctrina y del conocimiento de Dios sobre la tierra, Él dijo: «Enseñándoles que guarden todas las cosas que os he mandado» (Mateo 28:20). Por lo tanto, la enseñanza de la doctrina de Cristo es precisamente el cumplimiento de la Gran Comisión. Este libro es el resultado de muchos años de investigación bíblica y cotejo con innumerables escritos respecto a la doctrina cristiana pentecostal trinitaria.

This book is a practical guide to the key ideas of Saint Thomas Aquinas, one of the greatest minds in history. Organized as a dictionary, it defines over 100 of Aquinas’s most important concepts — from Act and Potency to Virtue Ethics — with sharp, accessible explanations and carefully chosen quotes from his major works. Whether you are a student, teacher, seminarian, or serious listener, this book helps you navigate Aquinas’s thought quickly and accurately without getting lost in technical language.

Throughout history, Christians have pictured the relationships between Father, Son, and Holy Spirit through analogies. Such illustrations—some from the West but also from Latin America, Asia, Africa, and other places—come laden with theological ramifications that the church has rejected (heresies) or embraced (doctrines). In Three in One, William David Spencer shares a lifetime of insights from teaching within the global church, bringing fresh images and analogies of the Trinity to deepen our theological vocabulary.

Is the Bible free from historical, scientific, doctrinal, moral, and other kinds of probable errors? This question has occupied the conservative Protestant Churches since 1800s. The majority of conservatives take a strong stand for Inerrancy of the Bible. This book explains the subject in a non-technical manner. It first gives a historical survey of how the idea of "errant" was made popular by government-funded mercenary theologians from Germany. It then mentions how the idea spread worldwide and then how the conservative Christians responded to it. At the end it mentions some of the most ...

Jonathan Edwards is perhaps best known for his "fire and brimstone" approach to preaching which emphasized the sovereignty of God, the depravity of humankind, the reality of hell, and the necessity of a conversion experience. Experience the reasoning of the great Puritan philosopher in his sermons, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," the most famous sermon in American history, and "Pardon for the Greatest of Sinners."