TY - BOOK AU - Lucas,Sean Michael TI - On being Presbyterian: our beliefs, practices, and stories SN - 1596380195 AV - BX 8968.52 .L83 2006 U1 - 285/.1 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Phillipsburg, N.J. PB - P&R Pub. KW - Presbyterian Church in America N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-257) and indexes; Pt. 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 ER -