Join us we sit down with J.V. Fesko and ask him, in connection with his new book “The Need for Creeds Today: Confessional Faith in a Faithless Age”:

- In what ways are some Confessional Christians like grouchy territorial local surfers?

- Is the Presbyterian Westminster Confession more bonafide and cooler than the Baptist 1689 Confession?

- Are Baptists truly “Reformed”

- What do you say to “No Creed but the Bible”?

- Why do some Reformed Confessional Christians come off a lil’ on the smug side, almost like an acceptable cage-stage vibe? 

- Can I pick and choose from the various confessions/catechisms, or need I only choose one?

- What are the benefits of the confessions/catechisms beyond mere mental assent to the vital doctrinal truths for, say things like, low self-esteem, listening to music (non-“Christian”), weekend beach trips, etc.?

- If you’re a person who is in the Word, engaging in reading and Bible study, won’t they naturally end up where the authors of the confessions end up?

- Why have confessions largely fallen into disuse? And where are we seeing it taking its toll on us?

- Where do we see the confessions at their best?

- Doctrinal issues are timeless and there is a clear need for those to be set in stone (as they are in the confessions), however, we are “Reformed and always reforming”, as such, shouldn’t we be updating them to speak to issues and questions that we face today?

- It seems the Westminster Standards have heavier rotation than that of the 3 forms of unity why is that?