Post by Paul A. Kaiser on Nov 29, 2007 13:34:03 GMT -5
Reactions To The Truth and its Administrators and Moderators believe in the divine authority, verbal inspiration, inerrancy, and sufficiency of the Word of God, and the great fundamentals of faith once delivered to the saints. As a result, we strive to propagate, defend, and preserve the fundamentals of the faith at all costs.
We embrace our Protestant heritage with gratitude. This heritage is described in five emphases: Scripture Alone, Christ Alone, Grace Alone, Faith Alone, and God’s Glory Alone. These are the pillars of our philosophy of ministry.
Scripture Alone
We reaffirm the inerrant Scripture to be the sole source of written divine revelation,which alone can bind the conscience. The Bible alone teaches all that is necessary for our salvation from sin and is the standard by which all Christian behavior must be measured.
Christ Alone
We reaffirm that our salvation is accomplished by the mediatorial work of Jesus Christ alone. His sinless life and substitutionary atonement alone are sufficient for our justification and reconciliation to the Father. Christ’s substitutionary work is central to the message of the Gospel and must be declared and faith in Christ and his work solicited.
Grace Alone
We reaffirm that in salvation we are rescued from God’s wrath by his grace alone. It is the supernatural work of the Holy Spirit that brings us to Christ by releasing us from our bondage to sin and raising us from spiritual death to spiritual life. We deny that salvation is in any sense a human work. Human methods, techniques or strategies by themselves cannot accomplish this transformation. Faith is not produced by our unregenerated human nature.
Faith Alone
We reaffirm that justification is by grace alone through faith alone because of Christ alone. In justification Christ’s righteousness is imputed to us as the only possible satisfaction of God’s perfect justice. We deny that justification rests on any merit to be found in us, or upon the grounds of an infusion of Christ’s righteousness in us, or that an institution claiming to be a church that denies or condemns sola fide can be recognized as a legitimate church.
God’s Glory Alone
We reaffirm that because salvation is of God and has been accomplished by God, it is for God’s glory and that we must glorify him always. We must live our entire lives before the face of God, under the authority of God and for his glory alone. We deny that we can properly glorify God if our worship is confused with entertainment, if we neglect either Law or Gospel in our preaching, or if self-improvement, self-esteem or self-fulfillment are allowed to become alternatives to the gospel.
In obedience to the great commission of Christ: “Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature,”; a discipline of Gospel preaching, missionary endeavor, and soul-winning activities are pursued. It is our great objective to lead men, women, and children of every class, color, language, and creed to a saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.
We embrace our Protestant heritage with gratitude. This heritage is described in five emphases: Scripture Alone, Christ Alone, Grace Alone, Faith Alone, and God’s Glory Alone. These are the pillars of our philosophy of ministry.
Scripture Alone
We reaffirm the inerrant Scripture to be the sole source of written divine revelation,which alone can bind the conscience. The Bible alone teaches all that is necessary for our salvation from sin and is the standard by which all Christian behavior must be measured.
Christ Alone
We reaffirm that our salvation is accomplished by the mediatorial work of Jesus Christ alone. His sinless life and substitutionary atonement alone are sufficient for our justification and reconciliation to the Father. Christ’s substitutionary work is central to the message of the Gospel and must be declared and faith in Christ and his work solicited.
Grace Alone
We reaffirm that in salvation we are rescued from God’s wrath by his grace alone. It is the supernatural work of the Holy Spirit that brings us to Christ by releasing us from our bondage to sin and raising us from spiritual death to spiritual life. We deny that salvation is in any sense a human work. Human methods, techniques or strategies by themselves cannot accomplish this transformation. Faith is not produced by our unregenerated human nature.
Faith Alone
We reaffirm that justification is by grace alone through faith alone because of Christ alone. In justification Christ’s righteousness is imputed to us as the only possible satisfaction of God’s perfect justice. We deny that justification rests on any merit to be found in us, or upon the grounds of an infusion of Christ’s righteousness in us, or that an institution claiming to be a church that denies or condemns sola fide can be recognized as a legitimate church.
God’s Glory Alone
We reaffirm that because salvation is of God and has been accomplished by God, it is for God’s glory and that we must glorify him always. We must live our entire lives before the face of God, under the authority of God and for his glory alone. We deny that we can properly glorify God if our worship is confused with entertainment, if we neglect either Law or Gospel in our preaching, or if self-improvement, self-esteem or self-fulfillment are allowed to become alternatives to the gospel.
In obedience to the great commission of Christ: “Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature,”; a discipline of Gospel preaching, missionary endeavor, and soul-winning activities are pursued. It is our great objective to lead men, women, and children of every class, color, language, and creed to a saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.