The Bible
The Old and New Testaments are the inspired, authoritative, true, and trustworthy Word of God. Scripture is the final authority for belief and practice and is the primary way that God speaks to us today.
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Trinity
There is one God who exists eternally in three persons — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit — each of whom has always existed and is fully and equally God.
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The Father
The Father, the first person of the Trinity, is all-powerful, all-knowing and ever-present. Simply by the power of His Word, He spoke the universe into existence. From creation to redemption, The Father has completed and is completing His work through The Son and The Holy Spirit.
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Jesus Christ
Jesus, the second person of the Trinity, was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of Mary when she was a virgin. Jesus became fully human while remaining fully God. Anointed by the Spirit, Jesus revealed the Father and the kingdom of God by his sinless life, teaching, and miracles. After he died for our sin, God raised him from the dead, and he is now at the right hand of the Father.
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The Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit, the third person of the Trinity, indwells each Christian at the moment of their salvation. The Holy Spirit brings people to Jesus and empowers them to live godly lives. Though all Christians receive the Holy Spirit at salvation, they are called to seek to be continually filled with the Spirit, enabling them to live distinctive and powerful lives that point others to Jesus.
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Humanity & Sin
Every person is created in God’s image and has inherent worth from conception. Humans are made to know and enjoy God, steward His creation, and live in line with God’s plan, purposes, and precepts. This is the key to human flourishing.
Although created in God’s image, all people are separated from Him by sin which distorts, human identity, relationships, and creation itself. Sin affects every single person both by nature and choice and is humanity’s greatest problem.
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Salvation (The Gospel)
The gospel is the good news that God saves sinners through Jesus' life, death, and resurrection. No one can ever be good enough to save themselves. So Jesus lived the perfect life we can’t live, died the death we deserve to die, and rose to life to give us life. Salvation is a free gift provided by Jesus that must be actively and personally received through repentance and faith in Jesus alone as Savior and Lord. We are saved from the penalty of our sin and saved for a restored relationship with God as His child.
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The Church
The church is the global body of Christ, made up of all who follow genuinely follow Jesus. The church exists to worship God, make disciples, proclaim the gospel, and serve the world in love.
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Gender, Marriage & Sexuality
God set the pattern for gender, family, and sexuality at creation, and He consistently affirms it throughout Scripture. He created humanity as male and female, biologically distinct and made for one another. These two sexes correspond to two God-given gender identities, male and female, which are not interchangeable. Together, they form the basis of marriage, which in turn is the foundation of the family and of society itself.
God designed marriage to be a lifelong, public covenant between one biological man and one biological woman. This union serves His purposes in the world and reflects His relationship with His people. Sex is a gift from God, meant to be enjoyed only within marriage as God has defined it.
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The Return of Jesus & Last Things
God will bring the world to its proper conclusion in His time and according to His plan. When Jesus returns, everything will finally be set right, just as it is in heaven. He will raise the dead and judge all people, granting eternal life or eternal separation based on how they responded to Him in faith during their lives.
Christians have proposed many views about how these events will unfold. While studying and discussing them can be helpful, our focus should not drift into endless speculation or debate. Instead, the promised return of Jesus should shape how we live now. It should lead us to faithful obedience, give believers deep and lasting hope as we look forward to eternity with Him in ever-increasing joy, and create a sense of urgency to share the gospel with those who do not yet believe—because His return will mean eternal separation and punishment from Him for those who reject Him.
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