The Next Step

<P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt><SPAN style=FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma''sans-serif'>This book is set out in three parts: questions and answers Reformation thought and an essay on why we can trust the Bible to be the work of God.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes>  </SPAN>The first part questions and answers delves into the basic questions of Christianity.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes>  </SPAN>What the Bible say about life how we should live and what the Bible teaches about the big questions.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes>  </SPAN>The second part teaches about the Reformation and what the Reformers believed.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes>  </SPAN>Why did they rebel against the established church and start their own organizations?<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes>  </SPAN>What were some of the details of their theology?<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes>  </SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt><SPAN style=FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma''sans-serif'><SPAN style=mso-tab-count: 1>          </SPAN>The third part is about the scripture itself.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes>  </SPAN>Why is the Bible reliable?<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes>  </SPAN>Why should we believe what it says?<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes>  </SPAN>Can we rely on it to inform us about what God has to tell us?<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes>  </SPAN>These questions have plagued mankind for millennia. Fortunately we can rely on the Bible and this chapter gives us the logical reasoning used to prove why the Bible alone is the word of God.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt><SPAN style=FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma''sans-serif'><SPAN style=mso-tab-count: 1>          </SPAN>The book is built on the Reformed model of theology which puts the Bible in the primary position of authority.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes>  </SPAN>Unlike many other theological models which use some church's political ideas the book teaches only what the Bible teaches. The Bible is taken as a whole document not in bits and pieces or out of context.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes>  </SPAN>The book assumes that the entire Bible is the work of God and cross-references its teaching by scripture giving citations from both Old and New Testaments.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes>  </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><SPAN style=FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma''sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA><SPAN style=mso-tab-count: 1>          </SPAN>The text of scripture is quoted extensively with cross references where the reader can follow along with the book and verify each doctrine as it is being taught.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes>  </SPAN>Because the book was originally intended to be used as a youth group study and it can be used for small or large group Bible study.</SPAN>