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This brief, accessible guide for confirmation in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) examines the process of confirmation, what it means, and its ongoing importance in the church. This essential resource, which includes discussion and reflection questions at the end of each chapter, is perfect for individual or group study. It is ideal for those being confirmed, their parents, and all those assisting individuals who are being confirmed.

"We know that all things work together for good, to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose." - Romans 8:28

Thomas Watson remarked that "If the whole Scripture be the feast of the soul then Romans 8 may be a dish at that feast, and with its sweet variety may very much refresh and animate the hearts of Gods people."

In All Things for Good, Watson focuses solely on verse 28. Focusing on the privilege, people and purpose of the verse, he leaves a grand exposition that is both refreshing to the soul and enlightening to the mind.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise. Psalm 51:17

David, after having slept with Bathsheba and after having murdered her husband Uriah, undoubtedly felt the crushing weight of his own depravity and the shame and guilt which comes as a result.

In this book, Bunyan expounds on Psalm 51:17 and shows what it is to have a broken and contrite spirit and why it is only through God that such sacrifice can and must be made.

The problem isn't Christianity. Christianity is growing world wide and in the United States. It's not Presbyterian theology. Presbyterian churches are thriving everywhere abroad. Yet in the United States, the denomination has lost over a million members and 600 churches since the northern and southern churches were united in 1983.

"The Presbyterian...