Why I Still Believe the Gospel

by Clarence Boomsma, Andrew Kuyvenhoven (Foreword by)

Overview

In this day, as in every age, Christians are constantly challenged in their beliefs by a swirl of cultural and intellectual currents. Clarence Boomsma, a greatly respected pastor with an active church ministry for six decades, knows those challenges firsthand. In this candid little book Boomsma reveals his own existential crisis of faith and then just as honestly shares his heartfelt, hard-won conclusion: the reality of the resurrection of Jesus Christ is indeed the linchpin of the Christian faith.

Written in the thoughtful but fervent style that also marked Boomsma's sermons during his long preaching career, Why I Still Believe the Gospel is the distilled fruit of this wise pastor's passionate quest to know and declare the truth and consequences of Jesus' resurrection.



 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780802827364
Publisher:	Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
Publication date:	06/01/2007
Pages:	120
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

(1917–2007) Clarence Boomsma was a pastor in theChristian Reformed Church in North America for forty yearsand served on the CRC Interchurch Relations Committee forover a decade. He is also the author of Male andFemale: One in Christ.

Table of Contents

Foreword   Andrew Kuyvenhoven     viii
Acknowledgments     x
My Crisis of Faith     1
The Resurrection of Jesus: The Pivot of Faith     25
Modern Denial of the Resurrection of Jesus     43
"Christ Has Been Raised from the Dead"     71
Index of names     107

Editorial Reviews

Cornelius Plantinga Jr.
— Calvin Theological Seminary
"A relentlessly focused reflection on the gospel's cry of the heart: 'He has risen!' This small and mighty book will straighten the spine of believers."

Midwest Book Review
"A simple and straightforward rebuttal to modern denials that the resurrection of Jesus never happened, written with passion and abiding faith, Why I Still Believe the Gospel shines as a testimony directly from the soul."

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