Catch The Westminster Standards Narrated By Orthodox Presbyterian Church Expressed As E-Text
Confession of Faith, the Larger Catechism, and the Shorter Catechism of the Westminster Divines, as it serves as the standard for the Presbyterian Church in America among others.
This could simply be summed up as a good expression of Reformed theology, and I'm not sure how anyone can more than just like itso it only gets three.
How does one "really like" a statement of faith It seems to me you either do or don't like it,
As far as literature goes, it's rather dry, : Scratching this off my book readings
bucket list, although I will still continue to reference it, First time reading it straight through, So many solid answers to help articulate a specific doctrine, yet some seems extra exhaustive in their explanation, EspecIally in reference to the Ten Commandments, I'm thankful it is not scripture, but a very helpful and organized book of doctrinal beliefs, My first "book" of, which isn't quite a book actually! Always wanted to read and get familiarized with the Westminister standards WCF, WSC, WLC as I joined a Presbyterian church here.
I was not disappointed at all, It helped me deepen my understanding on certain aspects of my faith, broadened my horizons on the other, Contrary to how the confessions are generally viewed, I found them easy to read and process, While they are so rich and deep, the processing definitely takes
time and you cannot read through them like a fast reader otherwise would, I'll definitely visit and revisit these throughout my life, and give themeach time perhaps, Obviously these guys put a lot of thought into what they wrote, I probably can't agree to every detail but initially I have to think that that's due to my lack of Biblical study regarding whichever detail rather than their lack of Biblical comprehension.
The Westminster Standards contain the Confession as well as the Larger and Shorter Catechisms, Even if we Christians don't all agree on every detail in the standards, I really believe we would have a much more mature church in America and live in a much better society in America if evangelical Christian families brought their children up with even ath of what this booklet goes through.
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