01635cam a22002654a 450000100090000000300060000900500170001500800410003201000170007302000150009002000180010503500230012304000180014604200080016404300120017205000260018408200150021010000320022524500880025726000440034530000250038950400660041450508530048061000360133314171032AUA.120110928105243.0051117s2006    nju      b    001 0 eng    a  2005057515  a1596380195  a9781596380196  a(OCoLC)ocm62393251  aDLCcDLCdDLC  apcc  an-us---00aBX 8968.52b.L83 200600a285/.12221 aLucas, Sean Michael,d1970-10aOn being Presbyterian :bour beliefs, practices, and stories /cSean Michael Lucas.  aPhillipsburg, N.J. :bP&R Pub.,cc2006.  axv, 271 p. ;c23 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 253-257) and indexes.0 aPt. 1: Presbyterian beliefs.  God is King : the sovereignty of God -- The priority of amazing grace -- God's story, promise, reign : covenant and kingdom -- What in the world is the church? -- Sacraments : signs and seals of God's grace -- Pt. 2: Presbyterian practices.  A heart aflame: Presbyterian and reformed piety -- Gospel-driven Presbyterian worship -- "Decently and in order" : Presbyterian church government -- Pt. 3: Presbyterian stories.  The glorious reformation : Calvin, Knox, and the beginnings of Presbyterianism -- Errand into the wilderness : early American Presbyterianism -- The golden age : American Presbyterians in the nineteenth century -- "A true Presbyterian church" : twentieth-century Presbyterianism in the American north -- "A continuing Presbyterian church" : twentieth-century Presbyterianism in the American south.20aPresbyterian Church in America.