What this book is for
Introduction
1 God
How do we know God?
What kind of God do we believe in?
But what about suffering?
2 Human nature and sin
A beautiful world often spoiled
What is sin?
3 Jesus: life and ministry
Who was Jesus?
Jesus – a window into God
4 Jesus: death and resurrection
Why Jesus’ death is important
Why did Jesus have to die?
Jesus rose from the dead
Jesus ascended into heaven
5 The Holy Spirit
Christianity: a supernatural religion
The power to change
6 The Church
A worldwide community
The Body of Christ
One Church
Bishops, priests and deacons
7 The creeds
The Apostles’ Creed
The Nicene Creed
8 The Bible
A powerful book
How to use the Bible in our lives
The books themselves
9 Living as a Christian
Conscience
Repentance and forgiveness
Judgement
God sees everything
A change of character
10 Prayer and worship
How do I pray?
Types of prayer
Styles of worship
The Christian calendar
A practical approach to private prayer and public worship
11 The sacraments
What is a sacrament?
Why seven sacraments?
12 Baptism
What happens at baptism?
The meaning of baptism
13 Confirmation
Standing up for what you believe
The origins of confirmation
The meaning of confirmation
How is a candidate prepared for confirmation?
What happens at a confirmation service?
14 The Eucharist
What happens at the Eucharist?
The meaning of the Eucharist
15 Marriage
What happens at a wedding service?
Marriage is about selfless love
‘Till death us do part’
16 Confession
Saying sorry
What happens in confession?
The meaning of confession
17 Ordination
A calling
18 Anointing the sick
What happens at the anointing of the sick?
19 Life after death
What is death?
The Last Judgement
Hell
Heaven
Notes and acknowledgements
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