“And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists […]
Text: Hebrews 11:6This sermon gives the history of how the Apostles’ Creed came about and explains the importance it has in the Christian church throughout history as well as in our individual lives. The Apostles’ Creed is a declaration of faith recognized by all branches of true Christianity. For 2,000 years the Apostles’ Creed has served as a succinct statement of the irreducible minimum of the Christian faith. It is the common heritage of the true Christian church. It offers a broad survey of Christian doctrine, that focuses all on God as the object of the faith, and what he has done for believers. In this declaration of beliefs, the God of the Christian church is sharply distinguished from the gods of other religions by what he has done for his believers. The authority of these statements of belief embodied in the Apostles’ Creed lies entirely on the Word, that is the Bible, and not on any personal or private interpretations. It follows then that a person who professes to be a Christian must therefore subscribe or believe in everything stated in this creed, at the very least, as a start of what the Christian must believe. The Creed reminds us that truth is not optional. There are boundaries to the Christian faith. Not everything is negotiable. Some things must be believed if you are to call yourself a Christian. You can choose to live outside those boundaries, but if you do, you aren’t a Christian and you shouldn’t call yourself one.
Text: Romans 1:16Let us instead be encouraged by the opportunities of this hour. Our task to is to go “Back to Basics” so we will truly know what we believe.
Text: Jude 20“I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified” (I Corinthians 2:2). We […]
Text: I Corinthians 2:1-5What sort of people does God look for when he gets ready to populate heaven? If heaven has an admissions […]
Text: I Corinthians 1:26-31For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved […]
Text: I Corinthians 1:18-25It was an exciting time to be alive. The year was 1915, and change was in the air. So many […]
Text: Jonah 4:11Every time a church enters a stewardship campaign, there is danger and there is also opportunity. The main danger is […]
Text: Hebrews 11:13-16Last night some Moody students came over to our house for some pizza and to watch a football game. One […]
Text: II Corinthians 8:1-5Almost five years ago we started sending free copies of my books to prisoners across America. Through a partnership with […]
Text: II Timothy 2:14-26