Confessing the Faith Today: A Fresh Look at the Belgic Confession - Paperback

by Allan Janssen (Author)

With the understanding that confession is a witness to the gospel, Confessing the Faith Today investigates how a sixteenth-century Reformation confession, the Belgic Confession, can assist contemporary Christians testify to the truth of Gods gracious turn toward creation and do so in the context of the twenty-first century's competing claims. A close examination of the internal coherence of the Belgic Confession, along with an exploration of how that confession might engage contemporary life, offers fresh insight into how Christians might articulate what is at stake in the gospel. Janssen encourages the church to enter a conversation with the forebears of the faith, acknowledging the historical nature of not only the confession but of God's involvement in all creation.

Author Biography

Allan J. Janssen, retired from the pastoral ministry in the Reformed Church in America, is an affiliate professor at New Brunswick Theological Seminary and a General Synod Professor of the Reformed Church in America. He is the author of several books, including Kingdom, Office and Church (2006).