The Five Solas Series to read in this 500th years since the Reformation began

The Five Solas Series for 2017.

A series created to mark the 500th Anniversary of the Protestant Reformation.
I have purchased the first three volumes.  The two remaining volumes are due to be published in April 2017.

The following is a brief description on this series:

"Discover the truths of the Reformation in this special pack, which includes all five books in the Five Solas Series: Christ Alone (Stephen Wellum), Faith Alone (Thomas Schreiner), God's Glory Alone (David VanDrunen, God's Word Alone (Mathew Barrett), Grace Alone (Carl Trueman).  Historians and theologians alike have long recognized that at the heart of the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation were five declarations (or “solas”) that distinguished the movement from other expressions of the Christian faith.

Five hundred years later, we live in a different time with fresh challenges to our faith. Yet these rallying cries of the Reformation continue to speak to us, addressing a wide range of contemporary issues. The Five Solas series will help you understand the historical and biblical context of the five solas and how to live out the relevance of Reformation theology today."

Read and Enjoy!!!

Book Recommendation: The Creedal Imperative by. Carl R. Trueman

The Creedal Imperative by Carl R. Trueman (Crossway, 2012).

The mantra for many within new evangelical circles for years has been something like this: "We have no creed but the Bible."  What this usually means is that they don't want be bound down or held accountable for believing a doctrinal statement.  Churches, Seminary, and a multitude of para-church ministries have to deal with these types of issues involving their employees and/or staff.  They represent something or actually believe something and actually have the audacity to expect their staff (which they pay) to agree with their doctrinal views.  Complicate this matter even more with big name evangelicals calling it "sinful" to have doctrinal views or to actually place expectations upon church members.

Sadly, many who profess the name of Christ do not want to be held accountable.  Worst case for these people is to hold them to any forms of historical standards whether creed or confession.  How many questions during a discussion or during a Sunday School class could be avoided if people were simply taught the simple beliefs of the church.

Do this on a simple level like the Nicene or Apostles creed.  Basic concepts to be taught.  Talk through the differences where local churches do not agree.  Look at where church history has spoken and where denominational lines have been drawn.  And it does no one a great service to pretend there are not differences or to think that many of these differences don't matter.

I do not endorse all the beliefs of the author but for this book in its specific application to church creeds and confessions I recommend it.  Teach your children before someone else does.

Comments of course as always encouraged.