Do You Believe?
You recite it. But do you understand it?
The Apostles’ Creed has united Christians from different times, places, and traditions. It proclaims eternal truths for life today. We believe them, we recite them, but do we build our lives on them?
The fact that so many in the early church died for their faith means they were caught up in something greater than themselves. What were those truths? How did they empower a revolution? How did early church pastors and theologians use the Apostles’ Creed as the essential guide to the basics of the Christian life?
Ben Myers re-introduces that creed. He shows us what about the Christian faith is so counter-cultural, and what truths embedded in the Apostles’ Creed we’ve come to assume, when really they should amaze us and earn our allegiance unto death.
144 Pages.
Like the Creed, this gem of a book answers the question, “What do Christians believe?” But because it is sensitive to the unique doubts and fears and cynicism of the 21st century, it winsomely answers the question behind that question: “How could Christians possibly believe that?” Myers shows as much as he tells, introducing us to the audacious wisdom of ancient voices whose insights prove timely and perennial. This is the catechesis we need for a secular age, overcoming the forgetting we parade as enlightenment.
—James K. A. Smith, Calvin College, author of You Are What You Love and Awaiting the King
I am very thankful to Ben Myers for his concise, readable commentary on the Apostles’ Creed! He joins the refreshing movement that is retrieving the church’s long and well-established theological consensus and urging the contemporary church to embrace this wisdom from the past. His book helps today’s church confess the Apostles’ Creed as essential truth about the triune God and the salvation he offers.
—Gregg R. Allison, Professor of Christian Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, author of Historical Theology: An Introduction to Christian Doctrine
The Apostles’ Creed: A Guide to the Ancient Catechism is in the following collections: