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Complete of Franklin Ferreira’s interview with Igreja Magazine, published in February/March 2009, on the occasion of the celebration of the 500th anniversary of Joo Calvin’s birth. How to place Calvin in the history of Christianity?As a reformer of faith, how do you synthesize your role? Calvin is considered one of the most important theologians in […]

The text below was taken from Franklin Ferreira’s book Christian Theology Just as the most brutal of all wars was reaching its climax in Europe, Dietrich Bonhoeffer suggested perhaps the most important question for the Christian faith: “Who is Christ really for us today?” This question was asked while he was in the Berlin-Tegel Armed

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God establishes in creation several institutions for the social order, each with its own sphere of activity and mission, and responsible for something before it, but before considering the reformed position on the church’s relationship with the state, it will be useful to compare it with other rival political and theological models. When it comes

As we have seen before, the reformed vision of society focuses not on the individual or the institution, but on God’s sovereignty over the spheres of creation, in which the different institutions are under God’s rule. This position emphasizes that “all men live in a divinely ordained network of relationships. “In this sense,” people do

A definition of culture Before talking about the Christian’s relationship with culture, it is necessary to define what culture is: It is not uncommon for the Christian to become a subculture within a nation. It has its values. Attitudes. Beliefs and customs. But then the questions arise: can the Christian participate in the national holidays

For almost two thousand years, the Psalms have been at the heart of the devotion of the Christian Church, teaching the faithful to pray, in response to the God who reveals himself, a confession and glorification of the Triune God, creator, redeemer. and restorer. . . In this way, when we embrace the Psalms, we

2. The rule of prayer As Peterson points out, the basic model of devotion is daily prayer based on the Psalms sequentially once a month. 17 But we must emphasize that the daily prayer of the Psalms is not an isolated action, it remains among two other foundations: worship with the church on Sundays and

4. Putting it into practice We can benefit from what Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote about the use of psalms: “In many churches, psalms are sung or read every Sunday or even every day. These churches have preserved an immeasurable wealth, for only through daily use will we penetrate this divine book of prayer. For the casual

This has always been a basic and undeniable teaching for the church; in the past, believers have unanimously confessed that they believe that there is only one God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and that this God is all-powerful and creator of heaven and earth. “For him, nothing is impossible?” (Jr 32, 17, 27). So