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Salvation
We believe that Jesus Christ provided salvation through his sacrificial death on the cross and by his resurrection from the dead (Romans 3:24-26). The scripture says that no one can earn salvation (Titus 3:5; Romans 4:5; 6:23; Galatians 2:16; Phil 3:9), but it is given to us by grace (Ephesians 2:8-9). Salvation is deliverance from […]
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Man
We believe that God created man in his image on the sixth day of creation (Genesis 1:26-28). Adam was created directly and immediately by God out of the dust of the ground, and God breathed into him the breath of life (Genesis 2:6). Eve was created directly and immediately by God from a rib taken […]
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Christ
We believe that Jesus Christ is fully God and fully man. Jesus Christ, the second person of the Godhead, is coequal (John 1:1, 10:30, 17:18,), coeternal (John 1:1-2, 15, 30; 8:58-59, 17:5, 24), and consubstantial (John 1:1,14; 10:30; 14:9) to the Father. The scripture explicitly affirms the deity of Jesus Christ (John 1:1-3, 14, 18; […]
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The Partnership of Spiritual Growth
When you read the book of 2 Peter, you quickly realize that the problem of false teachers is a prominent theme. It is interesting that Peter does not tell us what these false teachers believed and taught, but rather he describes their conduct. So in light of the lifestyle
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Spiritual Gifts
We believe that spiritual gifts are given to the church by the Holy Spirit for the purpose of edifying and maturing the body into the fullness of Christ (Ephesians 4:11-15) and evangelizing unbelievers (Ephesians 4:11). There is no greater representation of Christ to the world
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Holy Spirit
We believe the Holy Spirit is God. He is explicitly affirmed to be God (Acts 5:3-5). He displays divine attributes such as omnipresence (Psalms 139:7-8), omniscience (1 Corinthians 2:10-11), omnipotence (Luke 1:35), and eternality (Hebrews 9:14). He performs divine works such as creation (Gen. 1:2; Psalms 104:30; Job 26:13; 33:4), inspiration of the scriptures (2 […]
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Bible
We believe in the verbal plenary inspiration of the Bible, complete in the sixty-six canonical books of the Old and New Testaments. The Bible is God’s written revelation to man. Every word in the scriptures is breathed out by God (2 Timothy 3:16).
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The Beauty of Holiness
Why is it that when we hear the command to be holy we tend to recoil? It is as if we look at it as something undesirable, or perhaps all together ugly. I know that in my own experience, I have heard sermons on holiness and walked away honestly feeling
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Sin
We believe that sin is a failure to submit to God’s requirements by either commission or omission (James 5:17). The best Scriptural definition of sin is found in 1 John 3:4, which states that sin is a transgression of God’s law. It is also defined as missing the mark (Hamartia Romans 3:23). The Bible employs […]
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Church
We believe the church was started with Jesus and His disciples (Matthew 16:18). God purchased the church with the blood of His own Son (Acts 20:28). Christ loves, nourishes, and cherishes the church (Ephesians 5:25, 29), and will present it to himself (Ephesians 4:27). In scripture, the church is viewed individually (specifically) and institutionally (generally). […]
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Angels
We believe that angels are created by God (Psalm 148:5; Colossians 1:16; Job 38:6-7; Ezekiel; 28:13,15). Thirty-four out of the sixty-six books of the Bible make reference to angels. They are described as an innumerable company
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Authorized and Enabled
At the conclusion of the four Gospels and at the beginning of the book of Acts, Christ commissioned his disciples with a momentous task—make disciples of all nations. Before we become overwhelmed with the fact that there are over seven billion people on the planet, half of whom