Renewing the Vision: Reformed Faith for the 21st CenturyCynthia M. Campbell These essays and sermons are by twenty well-known Presbyterian scholars, pastors, and church leaders who seek to shape a vision for the theological center of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). The book is organized around five themes: Christology and preaching, the church and evangelism, mission and service, the authority and interpretation of Scripture, and ecumenism and the Reformed tradition. Each section includes two essays and two sermons. |
Contents
The Good News | 3 |
Sermons | 23 |
The Hem of His Garment | 32 |
The Hospitable Church | 39 |
The Church and Gods Pentecostal Gift | 51 |
Sermons | 66 |
To Bless the Whole Human Family | 74 |
Becoming the Salt and the Light 8855 | 83 |
The Word of Life | 121 |
Reading the Bible and Reflecting on History | 134 |
Sermons | 148 |
Biblical Authority | 155 |
A Reformed | 165 |
Through Times of Challenge Controversy | 178 |
Sermons | 195 |
Multiculturalism or Cultural Circumcision? | 201 |
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