What We Believe: Understanding and Confessing the Apostles’ Creed
Overview
To be a Christian is to be one who believes. But believes in what? In an age of cafeteria-style religion—a little bit of this, a little bit of that—believers new and old may be overlooking the basic tenets of faith in favor of modern trends that have no biblical basis. For millennia, Christians have affirmed the Apostles’ Creed because it summarizes the tenets of Christian belief, boldly declaring that there is uncompromising truth that is foundational to life. In this book, renowned theologian R. C. Sproul presents the creed statement by statement, unpacking what it means to believe in God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, and what Christians believe about the church, salvation, and eternal life. What We Believe is an updated version of what was previously titled Renewing Your Mind.
Top Highlights
“The Bible doesn’t accept excuses for sin. Sinful human beings have no more place in the purity of heaven and the perfect holiness of God than do spiders on the rug of a five-star hotel.” (Page 116)
“These are the three dimensions to renewing your mind through faith: (1) faith has an intellectual dimension; (2) faith touches the human will profoundly; (3) faith is intimately bound to our emotions.” (Page 16)
“Biblical Christianity knows nothing of blind leaps. Blindness, in biblical categories, marks the unbelieving mind. Faith in the New Testament sense begins as a thinking response to a divine summons and activity.” (Page 16)
“It is almost as if Paul had time-warped to the faith and morality of our society when he wrote Romans 1:22–24:” (Page 15)
“Regeneration does not automatically convey sinlessness” (Page 176)
- Title: What We Believe: Understanding and Confessing the Apostles’ Creed
- Author: R. C. Sproul
- Publisher: Baker
- Print Publication Date: 2015
- Logos Release Date: 2016
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Theology, doctrinal › Popular works; Apostles’ Creed
- ISBNs: 9781493402182, 9780801018473, 1493402188, 0801018471
- Resource ID: LLS:WHATWEBELIEVE
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T03:44:50Z
R. C. Sproul (1939– 2017) was a respected teacher, theologian, pastor. He was the founder and chairman of Ligonier Ministries where he served as executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.
Sproul held degrees from Westminster College, Pittsburgh-Xenia Theological Seminary, Free University of Amsterdam, and Whitefield Theological Seminary. He taught at several colleges and seminaries including Reformed Theological Seminary and Knox Theological Seminary. He served as senior minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew’s Chapel, in Sanford, Florida. Sproul’s teaching can be heard daily on the ‘Renewing Your Mind’ radio broadcast which plays in over 40 countries.
Sproul wrote over 70 books and articles including the classic The Holiness of God and several theological articles in Tabletalk magazine.
