We Believe

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Summary: THIS IS AN EYE-OPENING BOOK
Review: DR. HORTON TRULY SHOWS THE DANGERS OF WHAT IS HAPPENING TODAY IN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. THE CHURCH IS SUBTLY MOVING AWAY FROM IT'S ROOTS AND HE SHOWS THAT IF THE CHURCH DOESN'T WAKE UP IT IS GOING TO FIND ITSELF DEEPER IN APOSTASY. WE DON'T NEED NEW FORMATS IN THE CHURCH. THE OLD WAYS SUCH AS THE APOSTLE'S CREED DEFINE OUR ROOTS AND NEED TO BE BROUGHT BACK.

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Summary: Good Overview of the components of the Apostles Creed
Review: I used this book as assistance in teaching the Apostles Creed to college students. It was moderately helpful overall with a few instances of unique insight. It is written much more to be read and encouraged, not as a help for teachers.

Rating:
Summary: Good Overview of the components of the Apostles Creed
Review: I used this book as assistance in teaching the Apostles Creed to college students. It was moderately helpful overall with a few instances of unique insight. It is written much more to be read and encouraged, not as a help for teachers.

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Summary: Captivating Exposition of the Creed (with Reformed Bias)
Review: This is an excellent book from the ever thought-provoking Michael Horton. He takes the reader through each section of the Apostles' Creed, expounding on the doctrinal significance of each, relating each one to its implications for life and thought. He defends traditional teaching at every point against modern reinterpretations, contemporary philosophies and objections.

Horton is incredibly readable, offering excellent illustrations and drawing on sources from every tradition of philosophy and religion. His apologetic remarks are generally succinct and compelling. The chapter entitled, 'What if God became a man?' gives a grand overview of the whole history of God's redemption, from Genesis to Revelation, which will have every gospel believer on the edge of their seat.

One of his strongest points (and this is a feature of all his books) is his zeal for the outworking of the Christian faith in the world. He does not reduce Christianity to something wholly belonging to the 'sacred' sphere, but applies gospel truth to secular life. His concern is to see gospel doctrine impact believers here and now.

It will not take someone of the ilk of Sherlock Holmes to detect a Reformed bias. I have strong affinities with the Reformed stream of evangelicalism, though my theology would probably be better described as Arminian. However, Horton's own perspective was not enough to put me off. There is enough of the gospel in there, brilliantly expounded, to be of benefit to any truly evangelical reader.