Enjoying God, Coram Deo

Here's an excerpt from Enjoying God, Coram Deo, Burk Parsons' contribution to the November issue of Tabletalk:

I am a confessional Presbyterian pastor. As such, I subscribe to the Westminster Standards, consisting of the Westminster Confession of Faith and the Larger and Shorter Catechisms. Over the years I have heard the Westminster Standards criticized for being too erudite; some have charged that the Westminster divines (theologians) were so concerned with doctrinal precision that they failed to display the beauty and loveliness of the faith in their documents. Although I appreciate their concerns, I always remind such critics that the Westminster catechisms begin with the language of glorifying and enjoying God, and that the Standards exist to explain in doctrinal terms how Scripture directs us to glorify and enjoy God in all we think, do, and say.

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