Truth For All Time
A Brief Outline of the Christian Faith
| Weight | 0.11 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 14.1 × 10.2 × 1.3 cm |
| ISBN | 9781848710221 |
| Binding | Soft Cover, Gift Edition, eBook (ePub & Kindle), Gift Edition & eBook (ePub & Kindle) |
| format | Book |
| page-count | 160 |
| series | Gift Editions |
| Original Pub Date | 1537 |
| Banner Pub Date | Dec 1, 2008 |
ENDORSEMENT
‘This book is a little gem!…It would be hard to find a clearer summary of the faith in so short a compass, and perhaps impossible to find one so warm…Well worth the read!’ — EVANGELICALS NOW
Book Description
‘John Calvin knew that if the biblical truths rediscovered at the Reformation were to spread throughout the world, they would have to be presented in a form that ordinary people could understand. So, during the winter of 1536-37, the 29-year old Calvin wrote, in French, his Brief Outline of the Christian Faith. This is Calvin’s striking but concise attempt to define the Christian Faith for ordinary people! Here you have the very core of Protestant belief and feel the warmth of its ardent love for God and men.’ — From the preface by Stuart Olyott
Table of Contents Expand ↓
| Preface | ix | |
| 1 | Knowing God and knowing ourselves | 1 |
| 1 All men live in order that they might know God | 1 | |
| 2 The difference between true and false religion | 2 | |
| 3 What we must know about God | 5 | |
| 4 What we must know about man | 9 | |
| 5 Free will | 11 | |
| 6 Sin and death | 12 | |
| 7 How we are brought to salvation and life | 14 | |
| 2 | The Law of the Lord | 17 |
| 1 The Ten Commandments | 18 | |
| 2 The Law summarised | 37 | |
| vi Truth For All Time | ||
| 3 What comes to us from the Law alone | 38 | |
| 4 The Law is a step in coming to Christ | 40 | |
| 3 | Faith | 43 |
| 1 We lay hold of Christ by faith | 43 | |
| 2 Election and predestination | 44 | |
| 3 What true faith is | 48 | |
| 4 Faith is a gift of God | 50 | |
| 5 We are justified in Christ by faith | 52 | |
| 6 We are sanctified by faith so that we might obey the Law | 54 | |
| 7 Repentance and the new birth | 57 | |
| 8 The connection between the righteousness of good works and that of faith | 58 | |
| 9 The Creed | 62 | |
| 10 What hope is | 85 | |
| 4 | Prayer | 87 |
| 1 The necessity of prayer | 87 | |
| 2 The meaning of prayer | 89 | |
| 3 The Lord’s Prayer | 93 | |
| 4 Persevering in prayer | 108 | |
| 5 | The Sacraments | 111 |
| 1 The necessity of the sacraments | 111 | |
| 2 What a sacrament is | 113 | |
| 3 Baptism | 113 | |
| 4 The Lord’s Supper | 116 | |
| 6 | Order in Church and State | 121 |
| 1 The pastors of the church and their authority | 121 | |
| 2 Human traditions | 125 | |
| 3 Excommunication | 127 | |
| 4 Civil rulers | 129 |
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