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Title: Being Presbyterian in the Bible Belt: A Theological Survival Guide for Youth, Parents, and Other Confused Presbyterians by Ted V. Foote, P. Alex Thornburg ISBN: 0-664-50109-5 Publisher: Presbyterian Publishing Corporation Pub. Date: May, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.83 (12 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A Reminder
Comment: I was given the book by our Director of Christian Education because I am one of the few "born and bred" Presbyterians in our church. It was a joy to read! The vignettes would hit home with many teens and adults that live in the "Bible Belt". The style of writing is easy to read and keeps you involved. I found myself reading out loud to whomever was around. It was a great reminder of why after being reared as a Presbyterian, I still am one. Reading it was like saying "My point exactly!". It is also great at explaining to non-Presbyterians a synopsis of our similarities and differences with other denominations and each other. I have shared it with many people.
Rating: 3
Summary: A most helpful book.........but with a caution
Comment: This is a much needed book and can be read with profit by those of us in the Bible Belt. As a Presbyterian married to a Southern Baptist, I found the book most enjoyable (hee, hee!). In Southern fundamentalism, there is a strong tendency to promote the totally wrong idea that if one does not know the date and hour of one's salvation, then one is not truly saved. This is characteristic of the teachings of prominent Southern Baptist evengelists such as Bailey Smith and Kelly Green. The authors do a good job of explaining why this approach is not biblical.
The authors are to be commended in their strong stance that salvation is all of God's grace. However, they display a seemingly weak view of scripture, and thus put themselves at odds with the many Presbyterians (both living and dead) who hold/held to the inerrancy and infalibility of the Bible. Among the living are R.C. Sproul, D.James Kennedy,Gordon Clark,Edmund Clowney, W. Robert Godfrey, Sinclair Ferguson, etc. Among the deceased are Charles Hodge, A.A. Hodge, R.L. Dabney, James Montgomery Boice, etc. The authors seem to give the impression that evangelicals and fundamentalists can be lumped together, which is not the case at all. I have found that there are many evangelicals in the membership of the Presbyterian Church, USA, who believe that the Bible is the inerrant, infalible word of God, yet do not hold to a literal interpretation of highly symbolic books such as Revelation and Ezekiel.
As a member of the PCUSA, I enjoyed this book, subject to the above cautions.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great book for new Presbyterians
Comment: Great book! I recently switched from Methodist to Presbyterian through re-affirmation. All through my childhood I recall attending a Presbyterian church even though I was Methodist (go figure)... Anyway, there were a lot of questions I had over the years and searched for answers about being a Presbyterian. THIS BOOK IS EXCELLENT!!! It explains everything in great detail and gives scenarios that everyone can relate to. The only slight negative thing I can see in the book is the authors writing style. Perhaps it's me, I don't know... but some of the paragraphs are worded in a way that they run on. You have to re-read a sentence or two again to get what the author is saying.
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Title: How to Survive Being a Presbyterian! : A Merry Manual Celebrating the Foibles of the Frozen Chosen by Robert M Reed ISBN: 0595152252 Publisher: Writers Club Press Pub. Date: 16 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Being Disciples of Jesus in a Dot.Com World: A Theological Survival Guide for Youth, Adults, and Other Confused Christians by P. Alex Thornburg, Ted V. Foote ISBN: 0664225608 Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Presbyterian Beliefs: A Brief Introduction by Donald K. McKim ISBN: 0664502539 Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: A Brief History of the Presbyterians by James H. Smylie ISBN: 0664500013 Publisher: Geneva Pr Pub. Date: November, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: This We Believe: Eight Truths Presbyterians Affirm by Stephen W. Plunkett ISBN: 0664502113 Publisher: Geneva Pr Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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