Solid

It is not denominational. Nor anti-denominational. It doesn’t promote any denomination. It doesn’t attack any denomination. It is a serious, substantive treatment of the essentials of the Christian faith.

It is not intended as a comprehensive doctrinal statement or systematic theology, but a deep primer on the essentials of Christian thought and theology – which is just why it has been praised across the theological and denominational spectrum.

It teaches clearly how to approach our faith and beliefs in a way that is scriptural, rigorous and able to discern theologically what is essential from what is not. The approach is extraordinarily lucid, rigorous and practical, and will equip the reader not just in the study of this book, but for the whole of his or her Christian life.

It includes:

  • A clear description of salvation, sanctification and glorification, and the distinctions among them.
  • The foundational importance of living life in Christ, committed to growing in Him, and how this determines our relationships with others, both believers and unbelievers. 
  • The nature and content of prayer, how prayer varies among Christians and what they have in common.
  • Christian love and how it is related to obedience and the love of God.
  • Covenant, and its foundational role in the faith, from Abraham, to Moses, to Jesus.
  • Faith and how it differs from humanism both in content and result.
  • Heresy: What it truly is at its root, and how it affects and divides the Body of Christ. This is a careful and thoughtful treatment and includes an explanation of the key issues the Church has faced over the centuries.
  • Trinity: Why we believe God is three Persons but one God.
  • Bible authority: The original manuscripts and why we have confidence in their accuracy.
  • Religious concepts: Understanding how our ideas about God came about, and understanding how this differs from a relationship with God.
  • Godly counsel on how to wrestle vigorously through differences without harming others or defaming Christ, with key examples of areas where churches have differed in theology and practice.
  • Reconciliation: Putting into practice love of God and neighbor, especially as this applies to other parts of the Body of Christ: not a call to become identical, but to understand and care for other believers even across great divides.

 

Like we said, solid.

 


Life in Christ - Covenant
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Cleaning Up the Error
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Life with God
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