Truth for All Time

A Brief Outline of the Christian Faith

Author

John Calvin

Category Books for Teens, Christian Living, Theology Books

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Weight	0.24 lbs
Dimensions	5.55 × 4 × 0.5 in
ISBN	9781848710221
Binding	Soft Cover, Gift Edition, eBook (ePub & Kindle), Gift Edition & eBook (ePub & Kindle)
Topic	General Theology, Spiritual Growth
Original Pub Date	1537
Banner Pub Date	Dec 1, 2008
Page Count	160
Format	Book
Series	Gift Editions

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‘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

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	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