{"id":91,"date":"2007-05-02T10:04:04","date_gmt":"2007-05-02T14:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.indefenseofthefaith.org\/?p=91"},"modified":"2007-05-02T12:33:53","modified_gmt":"2007-05-02T16:33:53","slug":"always-reforming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/?p=91","title":{"rendered":"Always Reforming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wtsbooks.com\/product-exec\/product_id\/5008\/nm\/Always_Reforming_Explorations_in_Systematic_Theology_Paperback_\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"199\" src=\"\/idotf\/pictures\/always_reforming.jpg\" alt=\"Always Reforming: Explorations in Systematic Theology\" height=\"300\" style=\"width: 199px; height: 300px\" title=\"Always Reforming: Explorations in Systematic Theology\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wtsbooks.com\/product-exec\/product_id\/5008\/nm\/Always_Reforming_Explorations_in_Systematic_Theology_Paperback_\">a book<\/a> I hope to purchase soon. I recommend that anyone interested in Reformational thought and history consider <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wtsbooks.com\/product-exec\/product_id\/5008\/nm\/Always_Reforming_Explorations_in_Systematic_Theology_Paperback_\">purchasing it<\/a> for their reading pleasure.<\/p>\n<p>You can\u00a0read <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wtsbooks.com\/pdf_files\/alwaysreforming_TOC.pdf\" title=\"TOC\">the table of contents<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wtsbooks.com\/pdf_files\/alwaysreforming_preface.pdf\" title=\"Preface\">the preface<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wtsbooks.com\/pdf_files\/alwaysreforming_intro.pdf\" title=\"Intro\">the introduction<\/a> online.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Publisher Description:<\/strong> The Reformed churches of the sixteenth century affirmed the need to be <em>semper reformanda<\/em>&#8220;\u201dalways reforming.<\/p>\n<p>But in the ensuing centuries, some have taken this conviction as a mandate to abandon the departure from received orthodoxy, while others have progressed toward a rigid confessionalism that cements the Reformation itself as a final codification of truth.<\/p>\n<p>Between these extremes is the ongoing need of the church to be always reforming&#8221;\u201dsubjecting its beliefs and practices to the renewed scrutiny of Holy Scripture and restating the truth of Scriptures in ways that faithfully communicate the gospel, advance the mission of the church and empower the people of God.<\/p>\n<p>This collection of essays by senior theologians and edited by A. T. B. McGowan practices what it preaches, mining the whole terrain of systematic theology to refresh, renew and yes, even reform the church for its next season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a book I hope to purchase soon. I recommend that anyone interested in Reformational thought and history consider purchasing it for their reading pleasure. You can\u00a0read the table of contents, the preface, and the introduction online. Publisher Description: The Reformed churches of the sixteenth century affirmed the need to be semper reformanda&#8220;\u201dalways reforming. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/?p=91\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Always Reforming<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,26,36,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-promotionals","category-reforming","category-systematic-theology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=91"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indefenseofthefaith.org\/idotf\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}