Creeds, Confessions and The Scriptures (Preface and Article I of the Baptist Faith and Message 2000) 1 I. 3 Versions Historically of the Baptist Faith and Message 1925 â€" Controversy: evolution and the Fundamentalist/Modernist debate. 1963 â€" Controversy: the authority of the Bible. ...
At Christ Church we believe in the whole counsel of God found in the Scriptures (Acts 20:27). The understanding of the Scriptures which forms the substance of the Christian faith is a trust that is passed on from generation to generation. We are responsible to “contend earnestly for the f...
Thus, since we are too weak by unaided reason to find out truth, and since, because of this, we need the authority of the holy writings, I had now begun to believe that thou wouldst not, under any circumstances, have given such eminent authority to those Scriptures throughout all la...
Thy praises, Lord, Thy praises might have stayed the yet tender shoot of my heart by the prop of Thy Scriptures; so had it not trailed away amid these empty trifles, a defiled prey for the fowls of the air. For in more ways than one do men sacrifice to the rebellious angels. But...
I resolved then to bend my mind to the holy Scriptures, that I might see what they were. But behold, I see a thing not understood by the proud, nor laid open to children, lowly in access, in its recesses lofty, and veiled with mysteries; and I was not such as could enter into it...
Most of the children of my acquaintance were taught their Scriptures through the International Sunday-school lessons, and seemed to me to be submerged in the geography of Palestine and other tiresome details. For me, reading as I did, the whole of the New Testament was radiant with interest,...
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clouded my sense of childhood wonder and zest for life, all I have to do is spend a few minutes with my four-year-old in the sandbox to realize it’s the little things in life that count. To realize that men really are “that they might have joy,” as we read in the scriptures....
As a good, and efficient, Christian, I decided not to waste those wakeful hours. I quoted Scripture, but my foggy mind forgot key words, making me more uptight than ever. Finally, I decided to follow Jesus' example, rising early, reading chapters of Scriptures and praying through my entir...
3.ConfessionIn some Christian churches, the sacrament of Penance. 4.A statement made acknowledging guilt of an offense. 5.An avowal of belief in the doctrines of a particular faith; a creed. 6.A church or group of worshipers adhering to a specific creed. ...