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We Believe: Recovering the Essentials of the Apostles' Creed [Hardcover]

Michael Scott Horton (Author)
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March 10, 1998

Michael Horton introduces a new generation of Christians to the Apostle's Creed, proving that its message is as timeless as it is historical. In doing so, he demonstrates how the creed answers essential questions of faith in an age when answers are hard to find.



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  • Hardcover: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Thomas Nelson (March 10, 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0849914086
  • ISBN-13: 978-0849914089
  • Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,089,733 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Michael S. Horton

White Horse Inn, President
White Horse Inn Radio Show, Co-Host
Editor-in-Chief, Modern Reformation Magazine
J. Gresham Machen Professor of Systematic Theology and Apologetics at Westminster Seminary California

B.A., Biola University; M.A., Westminster Seminary California; Ph.D., University of Coventry and Wycliffe Hall, Oxford.

Michael Horton is the president of White Horse Inn, a multi-media catalyst for Reformation. He is editor-in-chief of Modern Reformation magazine (www.modernreformation.org) and co-host of the nationally syndicated White Horse Inn radio broadcast (www.whitehorseinn.org). Michael Horton is also the J. Gresham Machen Professor of Systematic Theology and Apologetics at Westminster Seminary California. Before coming to WSC, Michael Horton completed a Research Fellowship at Yale University Divinity School. A member of various societies, including the American Academy of Religion and the Evangelical Theological Society, Michael Horton is the author/editor of twenty books, including a series of studies in Reformed dogmatics published by Westminster John Knox, whose final volume (_People and Place: A Covenant Ecclesiology_) was published in 2008 which won the 2008 Christianity Today Book of the Year award in Theology.

His most recent books are _The Gospel-Driven Life_, _Christless Christianity_ and _People and Place: A Covenant Ecclesiology_. He has written articles for _Modern Reformation_, _Pro Ecclesia_, _Christianity Today_, _The International Journal of Systematic Theology_, _Touchstone_, and _Books and Culture_.

Michael Horton is associate pastor of Christ United Reformed Church in Santee, California, and lives in Escondido, with his wife, Lisa, and four children.

 

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4.0 out of 5 stars Captivating Exposition of the Creed (with Reformed Bias), October 13, 2001
This review is from: We Believe: Recovering the Essentials of the Apostles' Creed (Hardcover)
This is an excellent book from the ever thought-provoking Michael Horton. He takes the reader through each section of the Apostles' Creed, expounding on the doctrinal significance of each, relating each one to its implications for life and thought. He defends traditional teaching at every point against modern reinterpretations, contemporary philosophies and objections.

Horton is incredibly readable, offering excellent illustrations and drawing on sources from every tradition of philosophy and religion. His apologetic remarks are generally succinct and compelling. The chapter entitled, 'What if God became a man?' gives a grand overview of the whole history of God's redemption, from Genesis to Revelation, which will have every gospel believer on the edge of their seat.

One of his strongest points (and this is a feature of all his books) is his zeal for the outworking of the Christian faith in the world. He does not reduce Christianity to something wholly belonging to the 'sacred' sphere, but applies gospel truth to secular life. His concern is to see gospel doctrine impact believers here and now.

It will not take someone of the ilk of Sherlock Holmes to detect a Reformed bias. I have strong affinities with the Reformed stream of evangelicalism, though my theology would probably be better described as Arminian. However, Horton's own perspective was not enough to put me off. There is enough of the gospel in there, brilliantly expounded, to be of benefit to any truly evangelical reader.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Apostle's Creed for the Modern Man, December 9, 2009
This review is from: We Believe: Recovering the Essentials of the Apostles' Creed (Hardcover)
I have to admit that I kind of like the writing style of Michael Horton. Partly it's that we're both presuppositionlists, and both seek to reform American Christianity. More important, Horton is something unusual in popular Christian writing. He believes in the centrality of the person and work of Christ as he expounds the significance of doctrine. And in "We Believe" he delivers a necessary and dynamic work on the Apostle's Creed.

Horton instructs the reader that:
- One can know God through Jesus Christ
- The Resurrection of Christ is a fact and essential to Christianity
- The exclusive claims of Jesus are true and necessary
- Believers need the church.

The author demonstrates that the Apostle's Creed has deep value and lasting application.

Chapters include:
- Only one way
- Back to the future
- Behold the lamb
- The Dove's descent
- The incarnation
and further exposition of the universal and important ancient creed.

The writing is simple and accessible for the new Christian, yet stimulating for the mature believer or minister.
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5.0 out of 5 stars THIS IS AN EYE-OPENING BOOK, August 26, 1999
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This review is from: We Believe: Recovering the Essentials of the Apostles' Creed (Hardcover)
DR. HORTON TRULY SHOWS THE DANGERS OF WHAT IS HAPPENING TODAY IN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. THE CHURCH IS SUBTLY MOVING AWAY FROM IT'S ROOTS AND HE SHOWS THAT IF THE CHURCH DOESN'T WAKE UP IT IS GOING TO FIND ITSELF DEEPER IN APOSTASY. WE DON'T NEED NEW FORMATS IN THE CHURCH. THE OLD WAYS SUCH AS THE APOSTLE'S CREED DEFINE OUR ROOTS AND NEED TO BE BROUGHT BACK.
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