If someone were to ask you “Hey! What do you believe?” … what do you think you’d say? Even way back in the early church, women and men were thinking, “You know, wouldn’t it be great if there were a simple and concise way we could explain what we believe? Words we could use to identify ourselves as Christians?” These sorts of questions led to the formation of the Apostle’s Creed. The Apostles Creed has been used in church services...

“And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.” (1 John 5:11, ESV) What does it look like when we’re born of God? John lists five evidences in the first verses of Chapter 5. We keep believing in Jesus as the Messiah. We keep loving God as Father. We keep loving those born of God. We keep doing God’s commands. We keep overcoming the world. John weaves faith, love, and obedience together...

We have seen that the life God created humans to enjoy is centered on a provision and a prohibition. At the center of the garden was: “The Tree of Life was in the midst of the garden, and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.” (Genesis 2:9b). But one of the trees was forbidden. God instructed them: “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree...

From the book: “Relational Holiness – Responding to the Call of Love.” By Thomas J. Oord and Michael Lodahl.  What does it mean to say you believe? (20:54) The Apostle Paul supports what Jordan Peterson is saying here about the challenge toward being good. “14 We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. 15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but...

Using literature, philosophy, real-life conversations, and potent reasoning, Keller explains how the belief in a Christian God is, in fact, a sound and rational one. To true believers he offers a solid platform on which to stand their ground against the backlash to religion created by the Age of Skepticism. And to skeptics, atheists, and agnostics, he provides a challenging argument for pursuing the reason for God. Study Begins April 3rd, 2024...