Download or read book John Gerstner and the Renewal of Presbyterian and Reformed Evangelicalism in Modern America written by Jeff McDonald and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2017-11-09 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Gerstner (1914-96) was a significant leader in the renewal of Presbyterian and Reformed evangelicalism in America during the second half of the twentieth century. Gerstner's work as a church historian sought to shape evangelicalism, but also northern mainline Presbyterianism. In order to promote evangelical thought he wrote, taught, lectured, debated, and preached widely. In pursuing his aims he promoted the work of the great colonial theologian Jonathan Edwards. He also defended and endorsed biblical inerrancy and the Old Princeton theology. Gerstner was a sharp critic of theological modernism and what he considered its negative influence on the church. Part of Gerstner's fame was his active participation in mainline Presbyterianism and in so many of the smaller Presbyterian denominations and in the wider evangelical movement. His renewal efforts within the United Presbyterian Church USA (later PCUSA) were largely a failure, but they did contribute to the surprising resurgence of Presbyterian and Reformed evangelicalism. Evangelical marginalization in the mainline led Gerstner and other evangelicals to redirect their energy into new evangelical institutions, groups, and denominations. Gerstner's evangelical United Presbyterian Church of North America (UPCNA) background influenced the young scholar and the legacy of the UPCNA's heritage can be detected in the popular forms of the Presbyterian and Reformed evangelical movement that exist today. Moreover, he was significant for the revival of Reformed teaching beyond the bounds of Presbyterianism. This book establishes Gerstner's significance in American church history and provides a thorough analysis of the evangelical movement he sought to reinvigorate.
Download or read book Minutes of the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America written by United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vol. for 1958 includes also the Minutes of the final General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church of North America and the minutes of the final General Assembly of the Presbyteruan Church in the U.S.A.
Download or read book Grace in Experience and Theology written by Harold Ditmanson and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2001-06-14 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grace is at the center of Christian experience and, indeed, sums it up in a single word. The doctrines of Christianity do not exist as a set of unrelated propositions. They are closely interrelated and give witness to a single reality - the gracious reality of God. This single reality provides the unifying principle through which all Christian doctrines are interconnected. Grace in Experience and Theology explores the many aspects of this unifying principle called grace.
Download or read book Presbyterian Creeds written by Jack Rogers and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 1985-01-01 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides clergy, laity, and students with a thorough introduction to their faith as set forth in the Book of Confessions. Jack Rogers explains technical terms and places current issues in perspective by examining the meaning of the creeds, confessions, and declarations found in the Book of Confessions. He examines their role in history, their full meaning, and their continued relevance to the Christian community.
Download or read book Jesus the Bible and Homosexuality written by Jack Bartlett Rogers and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this sure-to-be controversial book, former seminary professor and church official Jack Rogers argues unequivocally for the ordination of homosexuals and for the extension of full and equal rights in society to all people who are homosexual. Christianity, he observes, has moved through history in the direction of ever-greater openness and inclusiveness. Today's church is led by many of those who were once cast out: people of color, women, and divorced and remarried people. It is inevitable, he believes, that gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people will one day walk in the same steps as other Christian leaders. Rogers, an evangelical, begins by discussing his own personal change of heart and mind on the issue, a change that has moved him into the middle of this controversy in his own church, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). He examines how the church misused the Bible to justify slavery and the denial of rights to women, and links these efforts to efforts today to use biblical texts to deny equal rights to gays and lesbians. He shows how neither the Bible nor the Confessions are opposed to homosexuality and debunks frequently used fundamentalist stereotypes and myths about gays and lesbians. Rogers concludes with his thoughts on how the church can heal itself and move forward.
Download or read book The Authority and Interpretation of the Bible written by Jack Rogers and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 1999-02-05 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a detailed and comprehensive study of attitudes toward biblical authority and interpretation held from the beginnings of the Christian era to the present day. In clear and readable fashion, the authors examine the writings of early church fathers, the medieval exegetes, and the leaders of the Protestant Reformation to locate the source of, and refute, the position of inerrancy.
Download or read book The Confession of 1967 Its Theological Background and Ecumenical Significance written by Cornelius Van Til and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Ninety year Record of Madison Square Presbyterian Church 1882 1972 written by Roy O. Hatley and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Markus Barth written by Mark R. Lindsay and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2024-12-03 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though he has remained in the shadow of his famous father, Markus Barth was a groundbreaking thinker in his own right. Drawing from an extensive collection of Markus Barth's letters and papers, Mark Lindsay puts Barth's story and thought into historical context, exploring his early life, pastoral work, scholarship, and enduring legacy.
Download or read book We Believe written by Harry W. Eberts and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Including an analysis of "A Brief Statement of Faith," which became part of the Book of Confessions in 1991, this book is used in the training program for church officers of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Written by a pastor experienced in officer training, We Believe will help Presbyterians, especially current and future church officers, understand more fully the creeds that are part of their faith.
Download or read book Journal of the Presbyterian Historical Society written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 1022 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Collected Writings of John Murray written by John Murray and published by Collected Writings of John Mur. This book was released on 1982 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A number of Murray's longer articles on doctrinal subjects first appeared in The Westminster Theological Journal of which he and Paul Woolley were founding editors in 1938. These are reprinted along with selections from his work in historial theology.
Download or read book Minutes United Presbyterian Church in the U S A written by United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 1272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vol. for 1958 includes also the Minutes of the final General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church of North America and the minutes of the final General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
Download or read book Reformed Confessions of the Sixteenth Century written by Arthur C. Cochrane and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reformed Confessions of the Sixteenth Centurymakes available a number of confessional documents that are not easily accessible elsewhere. Arthur Cochrane's introduction to the work and to each confession indicates each document's importance and its theological emphases. A new introduction by Jack Rogers focuses on developments in the study of Reformed Confessions since the first appearance of Cochrane's book in 1966.
Download or read book Hearings Reports and Prints of the Senate Special Committee on Aging written by United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 1322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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