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Foundations of the Christian Faith
James Montgomery Boice · 2019
86/100
👍 Worth It
Boice accomplishes something genuinely difficult: a single-volume systematic theology that covers the full sweep of Christian doctrine — Scripture, God, the Fall, Christ, the Spirit, the church, and eschatology — with both scholarly care and pastoral warmth. The 2019 edition's study guide makes it ideal for individual or group use. This is Reformed in its theological commitments, so readers from other traditions will notice some distinctives, but as a comprehensive foundation it is hard to beat.
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originality74
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Penny’s verdict86
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