Believing and Confessing: 365 Meditations on the Belgic Confession
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The Belgic Confession of Faith is a beloved summary of the Christian faith—for the building up of the church of Christ and to the glory of the triune God. But the Belgic Confession is not only a statement of faith. The theological depths and the personal character of this beloved document make it a more-than-suitable resource to which the believer can turn for the daily practice of personal devotions.
The 365 meditations in this book will daily guide the reader toward a better understanding of those scriptural truths for which the author of the Belgic Confession, Guido de Brès, lived and died.
Believing and Confessing is a companion volume to Belonging and Comfort: 365 Meditations on the Heidelberg Catechism.
Table of Contents (click here for full TOC, or click Article 1 below for a sample):
Introduction 3 Article 1: There is One Only God, 4 Article 2: By What Means God Is Made Known unto Us, 18 Article 3: The Written Word of God, 26 Article 4: Canonical Books of the Holy Scripture, 31 Article 5: From Whence the Holy Scriptures Derive their Dignity and Authority, 35 Article 6: The Difference Between the Canonical and Apocryphal Books, 35 Article 7: The Sufficiency of the Holy Scriptures to be the Only Rule of Faith, 43 Article 8: God is One in Essence, Yet Distinguished in Three Persons, 58 Article 9: The Proof of the Foregoing Article of the Trinity of Persons in One God, 66 Article 10: Jesus Christ Is True and Eternal God, 74 Article 11: The Holy Ghost Is True and Eternal God, 82 Article 12: Of the Creation, 90 Article 13: Divine Providence, 105 Article 14: The Creation and Fall of Man, and His Incapacity to Perform What Is Truly Good, 127 Article 15: Original Sin, 142 Article 16: Eternal Election, 157 Article 17: The Recovery of Fallen Man, 172 Article 18: The Incarnation of Jesus Christ, 180 Article 19: The Union and Distinction of the Two Natures in the Person of Christ, 188 Article 20: God Hath Manifested His Justice and Mercy in Christ, 196 Article 21: The Satisfaction of Christ, Our Only High Priest, for Us, 204 Article 22: Faith in Jesus Christ, 219 Article 23: Justification, 228 Article 24: Man's Sanctification and Good Works, 249 Article 25: The Abolishing of the Ceremonial Law, 265 Article 26: Christ's Intercession, 273 Article 27: The Catholic Christian Church, 295 Article 28: Every One Is Bound to Join Himself to the True Church, 303 Article 29: The Marks of the True Church, and Wherein She Differs from the False Church, 311 Article 30: The Government of and Offices in the Church, 319 Article 31: The Ministers, Elders, and Deacons, 334 Article 32: The Order and Discipline of the Church, 342 Article 33: The Sacraments, 357 Article 34: Holy Baptism, 370 Article 35: The Holy Supper of Our Lord Jesus Christ, 379 Article 36: The Magistrates, 388 Article 37: The Last Judgment, 396
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- 416 pages
- softcover
- ISBN 978-1-944555-69-6
- Release date: August 2023
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