Here We Stand!: A Call from Confessing Evangelicals for a Modern Reformation

by James Montgomery Boice (Editor)

The church in sixteenth-century Europe needed a reformation. Martin Luther precipitated what we call the Reformation with his famous declaration, "Here I stand!" Is the evangelical church of today equally in need of a reformation? Yes, proclaim eight evangelical
--David Wells
--R. Albert Mohler
--James Montgomery Boice
--Gene Edward Veith
--Michael Horton
--W. Robert Godfrey
--Sinclair Ferguson
--Ervin Duggan

"Because of our love of Christ, his gospel, and his church," they affirm in a document called the Cambridge Declaration, "we endeavor to assert anew our commitment to the central truths of the Reformation and of historic evangelicalism."

Evangelicals "have abandoned the truths of the Bible and the historic theology of the church, which expresses those truths," writes coeditor Boice. "We are trying to do the work of God by means of the world's 'theology,' wisdom, methods, and agenda instead." Here We Stand! calls churches to return to the authority of the Bible and to apply it faithfully in their worship, ministry, policies, life, and evangelism.

Genres: Theology, Cultural

208 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2004

About the author

James Montgomery Boice was a Reformed theologian, Bible teacher, and pastor of Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia from 1968 until his death in 2000. He was also president and cofounder of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, the parent organization of The Bible Study Hour on which Boice was a speaker for more than thirty years.

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[Sabrina Marie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good points, made me think about things from a different perspective.

[Laura]

Here We Stand!: A Call From Confessing Evangelicals For A Modern Reformation by James Montgomery Boice (2004)