Product Description
In Confessing the Faith, Chad Van Dixhoorn offers a fresh look at a classic statement of the Reformed faith. The Westminster Confession of Faith finds itself in the first rank of great Christian creeds. Presbyterian and Reformed churches employ its doctrine for instruction; others acknowledge few texts to be so useful in the Christian’s quest to glorify and enjoy God.
This accessible, biblical, and thoughtful work digests years of study and teaching into bite-sized sections. Van Dixhoorn’s Confessing the Faith is historical and practical in its focus. It deliberately presents readers with more than another survey of Reformed theology; it offers a guide to a particular text, considers its original proof-texts, and seeks to deepen our understanding of each paragraph of the Confession.
Challenging hearts and minds, Confessing the Faith hopes to edify and instruct both advanced and general audiences, as the authors of the Confession of Faith surely hoped their magnum opus would do.
Paperback, 512 pages
Endorsements
‘A true gem. It deserves to be the standard reference book for any pastor seeking to use the Westminster Standards in his ministry. It should be the first volume for which any Sunday School teacher reaches when asked to do a class on the Confession. It should be the constant companion of all elders…Enjoy, and learn.’ — CARL TRUEMAN
‘Dr. Van Dixhoorn is a pastor-professor in the Presbyterian and Reformed tradition who knows and appreciates the theology of the Assembly and of its writings. It is therefore something to be welcomed and celebrated that he has produced a commentary on the Westminster Confession of Faith. To all who are interested in understanding the Confession’s theology better, I commend this book enthusiastically.’ — LIGON DUNCAN
Author
Born in Canada, Chad Van Dixhoorn earned a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Western Ontario, two master degrees from Westminster Theological Seminary (of theology and divinity) and a PhD from the University of Cambridge. He serves as professor of Church History at Westminster Theological Seminary. Chad Van Dixhoorn book published by the Trust is titled Confessing the Faith: A Reader’s Guide to the Westminster Confession of Faith, where he provides a fresh and accessible look at the great Christian creed, the Westminster Confession of Faith. This book has been called a ‘true gem,’ a book that ‘deserves to be the standard reference book for any pastor seeking to use the Westminster Standards in his ministry,’ and the first book a Sunday school teacher should use when offering instruction on the Confession. What sets this book apart from other studies on the confession is its devotional helpfulness. Readers will not only come to understand the confession better as a historical document, but they will come to love their God more and worship him more fully.
