The Good News We Almost Forgot Rediscovering the Gospel in a 16th Century Catechism

by DeYoung, Kevin; Bridges, Jerry

• ISBN13: 9780802458407
• ISBN10: 0802458408
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-04-01
• Publisher: Moody Publishers

Summary

Published in 1563, the Heidelberg Catechism is largely a commentary on three things: the Apostles' Creed, the Ten Commandments, and the Lord's Prayer.

Author Biography

KEVIN DEYOUNG is Senior Pastor of University Reformed Church in East Lansing, Michigan, across the street from Michigan State University. A graduate of Hope College and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, he serves on the executive team of RCA Integrity, a renewal group within the Reformed Church of America. DeYoung is the author of Just Do Something and Freedom and Boundaries, as well as Why We’re Not Emergent and Why We Love the Church with co-authorTed Kluck. Kevin and his wife, Trisha, have four children.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 9
Introduction: Hide-and-Seek and the Heidelberg	p. 13
Comfort, Comfort My People, Says Your God	p. 21
Misery Loves Company	p. 25
It's Really That Bad	p. 29
We Love Justice, and So Does God	p. 33
Yet Not Two, but One	p. 37
The Substitute Who Satisfies	p. 41
True Faith	p. 45
The Most Important Doctrine You Never Think About	p. 49
Your Father Is God	p. 55
All Things Come from His Hand	p. 59
What's In a Name?	p. 63
The Christened One	p. 67
His Son and Our Lord	p. 71
Vital Virginity	p. 75
A Suffering Servant for the Sheep	p. 81
Death and Hell	p. 87
The Resurrections Relevance	p. 91
The Forgotten Ending	p. 95
The Return of the King	p. 99
The Divine, Comforting, Always and Forever Holy Spirit	p. 103
The Church of the Reckoned Righteous	p. 107
Better than the Day Before	p. 111
The Granddaddy of Them All	p. 115
Achieving Low Self-Esteem	p. 119
Visible Signs of Invisible Grace	p. 123
Clean! Clean!	p. 127
Vivacious Baby-Baptizing	p. 131
“As Surely”	p. 137
A Real Presence?	p. 141
The Lord's Supper and the Mass: How Wide the Divide?	p. 145
The Keys of the Kingdom	p. 151
Shall We Sin That Grace May Abound?	p. 155
Dying Away and Coming to Life	p. 159
Delighting in the Law and in the Lord	p. 163
A Picture Is Not Always Worth a Thousand Words	p. 167
Out of the Heart the Mouth Speaks	p. 171
Are Oaths Always Wrong?	p. 175
A Festive Day of Rest	p. 179
Coming of Age and Respecting Authority	p. 185
Getting Away with Murder	p. 189
Swords for the Fight against Lust	p. 193
Justice and Generosity	p. 199
It Hurts So Good	p. 203
Covetous or Content?	p. 207
The Why, How, What of Prayer	p. 211
The Indispensable Fatherhood of God	p. 215
First Things First	p. 219
The Kingdom and the King	p. 223
Willing and Walking	p. 227
Prayerlessness Is Unbelief	p. 231
Getting It and Giving It Away	p. 235
“This Is Sure to Be!”	p. 239
Epilogue: The Crust and the Core	p. 241
Appendix: Does the Heidelberg Catechism Forbid Homosexual Behavior?	p. 245
Notes	p. 249
Acknowledgments	p. 253
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