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I Believe: The Weight of Confession
Some words carry very little weight, while others carry the weight of the world. When it comes to the Christian faith, few phrases are more frequently uttered, yet more easily emptied of meaning, than “I believe.” These two small words, which open the Apostles’ Creed,...
Creeds and Confessions: Facing Cultural Challenges
We saw previously that, while the word “creed” does not appear in Scripture, the principle of encapsulating essential truth in brief, memorable form has thorough biblical warrant. Texts like Colossians 1:15–22, for example, read like confessions in their own right:He...
Creeds and confessions: A biblical basis
Creeds and confessions have a deep legacy in church history. Across two thousand years, we can track how the church has sought to guard apostolic teaching, particularly in seasons when heresy demanded that believers articulate their convictions with precision and...
Creeds and Confessions: A Historical Background
Toward the end of his life, Paul challenged Timothy with a simple but weighty exhortation: “Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus” (2 Timothy 1:13). Paul was deeply concerned that the body of...
The Trinity and the Christian Life: Why the Truth about God Demands Undivided Devotion
Some years ago, two pastors from a Reformed Baptist Church in St. Charles, Illinois, hosted a podcast titled “Doctrine and Devotion.” The conviction that drove the podcast was that doctrine must always lead to devotion. Belief necessarily affects behaviour. Scriptural...
God the Spirit: Revealer of Wisdom and Resurrector of the Dead
The Holy Spirit is easily the most misunderstood and neglected person of the Trinity. Many mistake the Spirit as little more than an impersonal force. Others relegate him to the realm of sensational or mystical experiences. The Reformed tradition in which I stand...