Mission Statement
Know God and Make Him Known.
Statement of Faith
1) I believe in the LORD God of Israel who is one God eternally existent as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - the blessed Trinity.
2) I believe in the full deity and full humanity of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, God the Son, who is The Messiah spoken of by the Hebrew prophets, was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, was crucified by order of Pontius Pilate, is the vicarious and atoning eternal sacrifice for all humanity, was buried, was physically resurrected from the dead on the third day following (Wednesday sundown to sometime between Saturday sun down and Sunday sun up), ascended into heaven to a place of supreme authority enthroned there awaiting the day appointed for His return, and at the end of time will Judge the living and the dead then forever establish the everlasting Kingdom of God on earth as it is in Heaven.
3) I believe in the New Testament gospel - salvation by God's grace (unmerited favor). This grace is appropriated by repentance (turning from sin) and faith in Jesus Christ (which is a genuine commitment to Him). In contrast to easy believism, I embrace the true and false conversion teaching otherwise known as Lordship salvation.
4) I believe we are at war with Satan and his fallen angels who attempted to overthrow God in a rebellion. These enemies of God and mankind influenced the first man and woman to sin and in success stole mankind's God given authority and dominion in creation bringing man sickness, disease, heartache, immediate spiritual death, aging, and later physical death of humans and animals.
5) Though I believe a person can know they are born again and walk in assurance, I reject the Calvinist doctrine and its unconditional eternal security. I am convinced Calvinism is unscriptural. Salvation begins by accepting God's grace through faith. Beyond that, salvation continues and concludes through faith. It is possible for a Christian to depart willfully into a lifestyle of unrestrained sin, thus proving he has abandoned faith in the grace of God which bestows and demands righteousness. Once saved, a person will always be saved unless by defiant, continual, purposeful rebellion he or she refuses God's grace and chooses apostasy. Though relatively rare for a truly saved person, apostasy is possible. (James 5:19-20, 2 Peter 3:9, and 1 Timoth 2:3-6)
6) I am somewhat open to pre, mid, post, and pre-wrath rapture theories. I lean toward being a pre-tribulationalist, meaning that I believe Jesus Christ will call true sanctified Christians away to meet Him before a 7 year period of unprecedented evil. 1 Thessalonians 4:17. After that that time, He will establish an earthly kingdom and rule from David's throne in Jerusalem.
7) I believe in the eternal blessedness of the saved and the eternal damnation of the lost. I reject such notions as annihilation or rehabilitation of the wicked dead. Hell is real, eternal torment reserved for the Devil, his demons, and every human whose sin is not removed by the blood of Jesus Christ.
8) I believe that the Bible in 66 books only (as accepted by Protestant Christianity) is the verbally inspired, inerrant, infallible word of God. It is true in all matters of science, history, faith, and religion. In the Textus Receptus related version of the Apocrypha book called 2 Esdras in chapter 14:37-48, it says God directed Ezra to write and or gather 94 books and to only use 24 for the public collection of books. These 24 are the Jewish Bible which is 1) Genesis, 2) Exodus, 3) Numbers, 4) Deuteronomy, 5) Leviticus, 6) Joshua, 7) Judges, 8) Samuel, 9) Kings, 10) Isaiah, 11) Jeremiah, 12) Ezekiel, 13) The Twelve (Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi), 14) Psalms, 15) Proverbs, 16) Jobs, 17) Song of Songs, 18) Ruth, 19) Lamentations, 20) Ecclesiastes, 21) Esther, 22) Daniel, 23) Ezra/Nehemiah, and 24) Chronicles. In 170AD, a list of the New Testament was compiled in what is known as the Muratorian Canon Fragment. It is speculated that John compiled or had a hand in the close of the canon. John may have lived into the year 120AD and did not die on Patmos. He died in Ephesus.
9) I believe that God created the universe from nothing in six literal days. I emphatically reject evolution as anti-Christian in foundation and implication, and I consider "theistic evolutionists" as either uninformed or unbelieving. Each type of plant and animal was specifically created “after its kind” by God; none came from chance or natural processes, nor did any develop from some other plant or animal. The first humans, Adam and Eve, were specially created by God; all others are their descendants. In Adam, mankind was given dominion over all other creatures and the earth itself. The entrance of sin into the world, through Adam, brought God’s curse on all creation, culminating in death and separation from God. No suffering or death existed prior to this. The Biblical record of the beginning of the world is authentic history. This includes the recent creation of all things, the fall, the curse, the global flood, and the dispersion of nations at Babel. Evidences in the earth’s crust and in human legends are to be interpreted in light of this true history. The author of the proverbial code rewrites the code to his own ends.
10) I believe that all Christians are called to be an Ambassador of Christ in word and deed, sharing the Gospel of Christ Jesus as opportunity presents itself. This is best accomplished by baptism in the Holy Spirit which is a separate account beyond salvation (though not required).
11) I reject Liberalism in as being a secular humanist movement which in many points seems to be Satanism repackaged.
12) I reject Calvinism/Augustinianism as a repackaging of Valentinian Gnosticism and Manicheanism.
* Adapted from various Protestant faith statements:
Assembly of God
Institute for Creation Research
KLOVE Radio
Apostle's Creed
Writings of Martin Luther
Writings of John Wesley
Writings of CS Lewis
Dr. Ken Johnson
2 Esdras 14 CEB - Ezra renews the scriptures - On the - Bible Gateway