Doctrines

The Doctrine of God The Only True God God’s Names The Trinity God’s Eternity God’s Immutability God’s Foreknowledge God’s Wisdom God’s Holiness and Ours God’s Love and Justice God’s Mercy…

Extract Faith is the resting of the heart on God, the Author of life and eternal salvation, so that we may be saved from all evil through Him and may…

Extract The expression “the Day of the Lord” occurs about twenty times in the Old Testament. Related expressions, such as “that day” or “the day of the Lord of hosts,”…

Extract The apostle John commended missions when he wrote, “for his name’s sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles” (3 John 7). These ministers go forth to preach…

Extract Scripture commands us, “Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except…

Extract Repentance is a grace of God’s Spirit whereby a sinner is inwardly humbled and visibly reformed. In Adam all suffered shipwreck; repentance is the only plank by which we…

Extract “Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God” (Ps. 87:3). “City of God” is one of many biblical metaphors for the church. It expresses the safety of…

Extract The early Christian confession called the Nicene Creed states, as a core tenet of the church’s faith, that Jesus Christ “will come again in glory to judge the living…

Extract What is worship? The earliest mention of public worship is found in Genesis 4:26, in the days of Seth and Enos: “Then began men to call upon the name…

Extract Christ undertook His office, or station, in order to obtain salvation for His people (1 Tim. 1:15). Both the calling and the components of His office are worthy to…