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This book will help you reflect on some of Jesus's first words, as well as his last, and ponder what the Bible says about the spiritual life. It explores the meaning of the Beatitudes from the Sermon on the Mount, and of Jesus's dying words spoken from the cross. It also unpacks the fruit of the Spirit and delves into the seven deadly sins. At the start, Jesus tells us how to live a blessed life. At the end, we see how his own blessed life concluded. In between, we learn how to be blessed ourselves as we die to sin and live for him. A great cast of Anglican contributors from five continents -men and women who minister as archbishops, bishops, parish clergy, theological educators, college or prison chaplains, or in various other ministries as gifted lay people-give us questions to ponder and prayers to pray in each short chapter. This is an ideal way to spend a few minutes on your own or in a group with friends, thinking about how to live a life that is truly blessed.

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This book is such a useful contribution to the understanding of Anglican theology. I really appreciate those who thought of the idea and those who have written. The key thing is to share the teaching of the Articles with the whole Church. A long overdue initiative! Archbishop Peter Jensen, General Secretary of GAFCON Thanks to Lee Gatiss and thirty-nine leading scholars and pastors from around the globe, the Church Society has compiled a wonderful resource for the study of Anglicanism's defining DNA, the Thirty-nine Articles. Each article is treated in turn with an opening key verse of Scripture, a brief but pithy commentary reflecting both its historical context and current relevance, reflective questions and a concluding prayer. Here is the perfect resource for a daily Lenten discipline of studying the essential truths of the Reformation for Anglicanism today. Dr Ashley Null, German Research Council Fellow, Humboldt University of Berlin Foundations of Faith is not only well prepared but highly necessary at a time when the ignorance and confusion concerning Anglicanism is tragically prevalent especially among Anglicans. Bishop Greg Venables, Primate of the Southern Cone What holds the Anglican Communion together is not just the scripture but a specifically Anglican understanding of how those scriptures shape the life, doctrine and worship of the Church. At a time when there is little clarity over the boundaries of our Church, this is a timely reminder of what defines the Anglican centre. Paul Harcourt, National Leader, New Wine England This collection of brief chapters by evangelical scholars from around the world explains the meaning and argues for the relevance of the Thirty-nine Articles of Religion for today. The contributions are concise, accessible and persuasive. 2017 marked the 500th anniversary of the Reformation and Foundations of Faith highlights the need for an ongoing reformation in the Church of England. This is essential reading if the Church of England is not to dismiss or ignore its Anglican inheritance, 'the faith uniquely revealed in the Holy Scriptures'. Julian Henderson, Bishop of Blackburn The Thirty-nine Articles of Faith which I will be more comfortable to refer to as Thirty-Nine Articles of the Faith is about the most profound dogmatic summary of the fundamental contents of our reasonable Faith bequeathed to us by our forebears in the common Faith. They are Bible-based and in full concord with the traditions of the Church. In this age of emergence of different gospels, which are no gospels at all, the Church needed to hear again the authentic doctrine as handed down to enable her contend for the faith once for all times delivered to the saints. We consider this book, coming after more than 500 years of the historic Reformation, as God speaking to the Church again. Without reservations, therefore, we commend and recommend this book to all Anglicans of the GAFCON family, and Christians everywhere, who yet seek after God and His Kingdom through Jesus Christ. The Most Revd Nicholas D. Okoh, Archbishop, Metropolitan, and Primate of All Nigeria. Chairman, GAFCON Primates' Council Here you will find a clear, crisp, and engaging explanation of the Thirty-nine Articles. If you have always meant to read them, but have never gotten around to it, this will be an immense help. If you are a teacher looking for an introduction to the foundational doctrines of Anglican Christianity, look no further, buy a big stack. Anne Kennedy, Anglican Blogger

"This book is such a useful contribution to the understanding of Anglican theology. I really appreciate those who thought of the idea and those who have written. The key thing is to share the teaching of the Articles with the whole Church. A long overdue initiative! Archbishop Peter Jensen, General Secretary of GAFCON Thanks to Lee Gatiss and thirty-nine leading scholars and pastors from around the globe, the Church Society has compiled a wonderful resource for the study of Anglicanism's defining DNA, the Thirty-nine Articles. Each article is treated in turn with an opening key verse of Scripture, a brief but pithy commentary reflecting both its historical context and current relevance, reflective questions and a concluding prayer. Here is the perfect resource for a daily Lenten discipline of studying the essential truths of the Reformation for Anglicanism today. Dr Ashley Null, German Research Council Fellow, Humboldt University of Berlin Foundations of Faith is not only well prepared but highly necessary at a time when the ignorance and confusion concerning Anglicanism is tragically prevalent especially among Anglicans. Bishop Greg Venables, Primate of the Southern Cone What holds the Anglican Communion together is not just the scripture but a specifically Anglican understanding of how those scriptures shape the life, doctrine and worship of the Church. At a time when there is little clarity over the boundaries of our Church, this is a timely reminder of what defines the Anglican centre. Paul Harcourt, National Leader, New Wine England This collection of brief chapters by evangelical scholars from around the world explains the meaning and argues for the relevance of the Thirty-nine Articles of Religion for today. The contributions are concise, accessible and persuasive. 2017 marked the 500th anniversary of the Reformation and Foundations of Faith highlights the need for an ongoing reformation in the Church of England. This is essential reading if the Church of England is not to dismiss or ignore its Anglican inheritance, 'the faith uniquely revealed in the Holy Scriptures'. Julian Henderson, Bishop of Blackburn The Thirty-nine Articles of Faith which I will be more comfortable to refer to as ""Thirty-Nine Articles of the Faith"" is about the most profound dogmatic summary of the fundamental contents of our reasonable Faith bequeathed to us by our forebears in the common Faith. They are Bible-based and in full concord with the traditions of the Church. In this age of emergence of different gospels, which are no gospels at all, the Church needed to hear again the authentic doctrine as handed down to enable her contend for the faith once for all times delivered to the saints. We consider this book, coming after more than 500 years of the historic Reformation, as God speaking to the Church again. Without reservations, therefore, we commend and recommend this book to all Anglicans of the GAFCON family, and Christians everywhere, who yet seek after God and His Kingdom through Jesus Christ. The Most Revd Nicholas D. Okoh, Archbishop, Metropolitan, and Primate of All Nigeria. Chairman, GAFCON Primates' Council Here you will find a clear, crisp, and engaging explanation of the Thirty-nine Articles. If you have always meant to read them, but have never gotten around to it, this will be an immense help. If you are a teacher looking for an introduction to the foundational doctrines of Anglican Christianity, look no further, buy a big stack. Anne Kennedy, Anglican Blogger"

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Revd Dr Lee Gatiss has been Director of Church Society since January 2013. He is married to Kerry and they have three children. Lee is on the editorial board of Churchman, a trustee of the annual St Antholin Lecture, and a member of the Latimer Trust Theological Workgroup. He is on the Church of England Evangelical Council, and the council of Affinity Affinity. He also edits an internet journal called Theologian, Lee serves as a member of the editorial board of Studies in Puritanism, and is also a lecturer in church history at Union School of Theology. Lee read modern history at New College, Oxford. After working for St Ebbe's, Oxford, he was a student on the Cornhill Training Course in London, with a placement doing student work at All Soul's, Langham Place. From there he went on to read theological and pastoral studies at Oak Hill College in London. After ordination, Lee served for three years as Curate of St Botolph's, Barton Seagrave, and St Edmund's, Warkton, a Church Society Trust parish. He was then for five years the Associate Minister of St Helen's, Bishopsgate, with responsibility for the Sunday morning congregation and midweek groups, as well as leading the church family staff team, and Reform London. While in London he also completed a ThM in historical and systematic theology with Westminster Theological Seminary in the USA. He then spent three years researching 17th century biblical interpretation for a PhD at Peterhouse and Tyndale House, Cambridge, where he was awarded the Lightfoot Scholarship.

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