How to Believe : the questions that challenge man's faith answered in the light of the Apostles' Creed / 1st ed.
Sockman, Ralph W. 1889-1970.
How to Believe : the questions that challenge man's faith answered in the light of the Apostles' Creed / Ralph W. Sockman. - 1st ed. - Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, c1953. - 224 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
I. What is Faith? -- a. How real is faith? -- b. How is faith related to hope? -- c. How does expectancy lead to proof? -- d. How much must we see in order to believe? -- e. How does believe become trust? -- II. Belief in God -- a. How do we enter the religious experience of others? -- b. How do we start exploring for ourselves? -- c. What keeps the seekers searching? -- d. What is back of beauty? -- e. Why does science search for truth? -- f. How account for goodness? -- g. Whose is the voice of conscience? -- h. Who is the Maker of an earth like ours? -- i. Can the Creator of this cruel world be the "Father Almighty"? -- j. What further roads to the assurance of God? -- III. Belief in Jesus Christ -- a. What is our first response to Jesus? -- b. Was Jesus really man? -- c. Is Jesus the Christ? -- d. How can we say, "His only Son"? -- e. How is Jesus Christ "Our Lord"? -- f. Why do we call Christ the "Savior"? IV. Belief in the Coming Judgment and the Kingdom -- a. Is Divine Judgment a threat or a promise? -- b. Has Judgment day begun? -- c. Will there be a future judgment? -- d. How shall we be judged? -- e. How does Christ come to judge? -- f. Is there to be a divine V-Day? -- V. Belief in the Holy Spirit -- a. Who is the Holy Spirit? -- b. What is it to be born of the Spirit? -- c. How was the church born of the Spirit? -- d. How can we make contact with the Holy Spirit? -- e. How can we feel his presence? -- f. How can we hear his message? -- g. How can we receive his power? -- h. How does the Holy Spirit serve as Guide? -- g. How does He keep us on the growing edge of Life? -- h. How may the fruit of the Holy Spirit be ours? -- VI. Belief in the Church -- a. Why does not the church die of her diseases? -- b. How is the church "holy"? -- c. Was is the Catholic church? -- d. In what sense is the church the communion of Saints? -- e. What is the worth of church worship? -- f. If the slat has lost its taste? -- g. Who mothers free men? -- h. Is the church through? VII. The Forgiveness of Sins -- a. Why bother about our sins? -- b. Why can we not forget our sins? -- c. Why can we not handle our sins ourselves? -- d. Is it honest to seek forgiveness or our debts? -- e. What happens in confession? -- f. What does repentance do? -- g. How far can we make reparation? -- h. How can we be reconciled to God? -- i. Can forgiven sinners be made over? -- VIII. The Life Eternal -- a. Is death a disagreeable subject? -- b. What do we mean by "resurrection of the body"? -- c. What do we mean by the "Life everlasting"? -- d. Is not human life too big for the body? -- e. Is human life limited to the physical universe? -- f. Is the universe honest? -- g. Does not a father keep faith? -- h. What will the future life be like? -- i. How can we overcome the dread of death?
53005281
Apostles' Creed.
Christianity--Essence, genius, nature.
Faith.
238.111 / SOC
How to Believe : the questions that challenge man's faith answered in the light of the Apostles' Creed / Ralph W. Sockman. - 1st ed. - Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, c1953. - 224 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
I. What is Faith? -- a. How real is faith? -- b. How is faith related to hope? -- c. How does expectancy lead to proof? -- d. How much must we see in order to believe? -- e. How does believe become trust? -- II. Belief in God -- a. How do we enter the religious experience of others? -- b. How do we start exploring for ourselves? -- c. What keeps the seekers searching? -- d. What is back of beauty? -- e. Why does science search for truth? -- f. How account for goodness? -- g. Whose is the voice of conscience? -- h. Who is the Maker of an earth like ours? -- i. Can the Creator of this cruel world be the "Father Almighty"? -- j. What further roads to the assurance of God? -- III. Belief in Jesus Christ -- a. What is our first response to Jesus? -- b. Was Jesus really man? -- c. Is Jesus the Christ? -- d. How can we say, "His only Son"? -- e. How is Jesus Christ "Our Lord"? -- f. Why do we call Christ the "Savior"? IV. Belief in the Coming Judgment and the Kingdom -- a. Is Divine Judgment a threat or a promise? -- b. Has Judgment day begun? -- c. Will there be a future judgment? -- d. How shall we be judged? -- e. How does Christ come to judge? -- f. Is there to be a divine V-Day? -- V. Belief in the Holy Spirit -- a. Who is the Holy Spirit? -- b. What is it to be born of the Spirit? -- c. How was the church born of the Spirit? -- d. How can we make contact with the Holy Spirit? -- e. How can we feel his presence? -- f. How can we hear his message? -- g. How can we receive his power? -- h. How does the Holy Spirit serve as Guide? -- g. How does He keep us on the growing edge of Life? -- h. How may the fruit of the Holy Spirit be ours? -- VI. Belief in the Church -- a. Why does not the church die of her diseases? -- b. How is the church "holy"? -- c. Was is the Catholic church? -- d. In what sense is the church the communion of Saints? -- e. What is the worth of church worship? -- f. If the slat has lost its taste? -- g. Who mothers free men? -- h. Is the church through? VII. The Forgiveness of Sins -- a. Why bother about our sins? -- b. Why can we not forget our sins? -- c. Why can we not handle our sins ourselves? -- d. Is it honest to seek forgiveness or our debts? -- e. What happens in confession? -- f. What does repentance do? -- g. How far can we make reparation? -- h. How can we be reconciled to God? -- i. Can forgiven sinners be made over? -- VIII. The Life Eternal -- a. Is death a disagreeable subject? -- b. What do we mean by "resurrection of the body"? -- c. What do we mean by the "Life everlasting"? -- d. Is not human life too big for the body? -- e. Is human life limited to the physical universe? -- f. Is the universe honest? -- g. Does not a father keep faith? -- h. What will the future life be like? -- i. How can we overcome the dread of death?
53005281
Apostles' Creed.
Christianity--Essence, genius, nature.
Faith.
238.111 / SOC