Helping People Find Hope & Restoration in Jesus
What We Believe
About God
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The existence of God is self-evident because the entire creation declares his power and glory (Ps 19:1; Rom 1:20)
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God created the visible and invisible universe (Gen 1:1)
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God exists as three persons who share one essence (Matt 28:19; 2 Cor 13:14)
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God is infinite. He is unbounded by time or space (Rev 1:8)
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God is good (Ps 100:5)
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God is sovereign over his creation (Ps 47:8)
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God is loving (1 Jn 4:8)
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God is just (Ps 11:7; Ps 129:4)
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About Mankind
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We are created by God (Ps 139:13)
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We are created in God’s image (Gen 1:26)
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All life is sacred (Job 12:10)
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Life begins at conception (Ps 51:6)
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Everyone sins (Rom 3:23)
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God created people in only the two distinct gender categories of male and female (Gen 1:27)
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Biblical marriage is defined by the God-ordained created order of one male and one female (Gen 2:24)
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God created people with three parts to their being: body, soul & spirit (Matt 10:28; 1 Cor 6:19-20; 2 Tim 1:7)
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All believers in Jesus Christ will receive glorified bodies on the day of judgment (2 Cor 5:1-10)
About Sin
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Sin is lawlessness (1 Jn 3:4)
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The existence of sin necessitates the existence of an absolute standard of morality (Rom 7:7)
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The existence of sin necessitates an absolute sovereign Lawgiver (Isa 33:22; Jas 4:12)
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We are created with an innate knowledge of God’s law (Rom 1:18-21, 32; 2:14-15)
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The existence of sin necessitates the existence of free will (1 Cor 10:13)
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The existence of sin necessitates the need for a Savior (Acts 4:12)
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Sin causes our bodies, souls, & spirits to be corrupted necessitating the need for restoration (Rom 7:13-25)
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Death is the inevitable result of sin (Rom 6:23)
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About Jesus
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Jesus is God (Col 2:9)
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Jesus created the visible and invisible universe (1 Jn 1:1)
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Jesus was a man (Jn 1:14)
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Jesus died on the cross (Jn 19:30)
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Jesus’ death was the atonement for our sins (Heb 2:17)
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Jesus’ death paid the penalty for our sins (Eph 1:7; Col 1:14)
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Jesus’ death frees us from the power of sin (Rom 8:2)
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Jesus resurrected from the grave (Matt 28:6; 1 Cor 15:4)
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His resurrection inaugurated his kingdom (Acts 2:32-33)
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His resurrection proved he was God (1 Cor 15:13-14)
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About Salvation
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Salvation only comes through faith in Jesus Christ (Jn 3:16)
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Salvation is available to everyone (Tit 2:11)
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Faith requires both an intellectual assent and a reliant trust (Jas 2:26)
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Intellectual assent is agreeing that the claims about Jesus are true (Jn 6:47)
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Reliant trust is living as though you agree that the claims about Jesus are true (Jas 2:14)
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Reliant trust requires repentance (Acts 2:38)
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Reliant trust requires verbal confession (Rom 10:9-10)
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Reliant trust requires baptism (1 Pt 3:21)
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Reliant trust requires peseverance in the faith (Heb 12:14)
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Salvation includes the restoration of the entire person—body, soul & spirit (Rom 12:2; 2 Cor 5:1-10; Col 2:11-12)
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About Baptism
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Baptism is essential for salvation and the point in time when a person is saved (Acts 2:38)
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Baptism now saves (1 Pt 3:21)
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Baptism is by full immersion (Rom 6:4)
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Baptism is for adults who have the mental capacity to consciously put their faith in Christ (Jn 1:12-13)
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Water baptism and Spirit baptism are one and the same event (Eph 4:5)
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The regeneration of a person’s spirit occurs in the moment of baptism (Col 2:11-12)
About the Holy Spirit
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The Holy Spirit is God (1 Cor 12:4-6)
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Christians receive the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in baptism (Acts 2:38)
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The Holy Spirit inspired the authors of the Bible (1 Cor 2:13; 2 Pt 1:21)
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The Holy Spirit convicts the hearts of sinners to repent and turn to God before conversion (Jn 16:8)
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The Holy Spirit regenerates the sinner into a new creation during conversion in the baptism event (Tit 3:5)
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The Holy Spirit sanctifies believers after conversion (Rom 8:13; Gal 5:22-23)
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The Holy Spirit gives believers gifts in order to help sinners to repent and turn to God and to help other believers mature in their faith (Eph 4:12-13; Col 4:4-6)