Dear friend, How have you been, and how are you faring? It’s still surreal for me how the pandemic has affected all of us – and not just peripherally, but significantly. I’ve never experienced this in my life. It’s affected my daily life for sure. Deb (my wife) is on the frontlines in the hospital, […]
Living Faith: Exploring the Content of our Faith
In 2020, we will be going through Living Faith, which is the statement of Christian belief of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. Each week, I will include one section from it, and offer a brief reflection on it.
The belief of the Christian church stems from over 2000 years of experience, thought and development. The preamble of Living Faith states:
"In every generation the church needs to confess its faith anew. That confession must at one and the same time be the ancient faith of the church and yet spoken into the mood and questions of its own time."
I hope to reflect on this ancient faith in the context of the mood and questions of our time. This year, let us become together in our reflections on the content our faith!
To access the entire document of Living Faith, please click here: https://presbyterian.ca/wp-content/uploads/Living-Faith.pdf
Faith in a Skeptical World
Exploring the Content of Christian Faith This is a post in the series on Living Faith. To learn more about this, and see other posts related to it, click here: Living Faith Chapter 2: God, Creator and Ruler 2.1 God Creates and Rules 2.1.2 We hold in reverence the whole creation as the theatre of God’s […]
The Arc of God’s Universe
Exploring the Content of Christian Faith This is a post in the series on Living Faith. To learn more about this, and see other posts related to it, click here: Living Faith Chapter 2: God, Creator and Ruler 2.1 God Creates and Rules 2.1.1 The Living God is Lord, Creator of all, Sustainer and Ruler of […]
Connected to the Source of Life
Exploring the Content of Christian Faith This is a post in the series on Living Faith. To learn more about this, and see other posts related to it, click here: Living Faith 1.6 We worship almighty God, the source of all life. With thanks we acknowledge God’s wisdom, power, faithfulness, and love. Glory be to the […]
The Infinite Ways of God
Exploring the Content of Christian Faith This is a post in the series on Living Faith. To learn more about this, and see other posts related to it, click here: Living Faith 1.5 Therefore, with the one church universal we believe in one God, eternal Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, three in one, one in […]
The Legacy of Faith
Exploring the Content of Christian Faith This is a post in the series on Living Faith. To learn more about this, and see other posts related to it, click here: Living Faith 1.4 The creeds of the early church preserve the faith of the apostles who first preached the Gospel of Christ. We receive them as […]
The Church Unified by Spirit
Exploring the Content of Christian Faith This is a post in the series on Living Faith. To learn more about this, and see other posts related to it, click here: Living Faith 1.3 The church upholds and defends the truth given to the apostles and recorded in the Scriptures. The Old and New Testaments witness to […]
Living Faith
Exploring the Content of Christian Faith This is a post in the series on Living Faith. To learn more about this, and see other posts related to it, click here: Living Faith 1.1 There is one true God whom to know is life eternal whom to serve is joy and peace. God has created all that […]
The Mystery of God’s Presence
Exploring the Content of Christian Faith This is a post in the series on Living Faith. To learn more about this, and see other posts related to it, click here: Living Faith 1.2 God has come to us. The Lord spoke to the people of Israel and entered into covenant with them. From Israel came Jesus […]