What We Believe

Faith involves confessing more than professing; in the final analysis, it is a platform of commitment to the will of God.

Our lives are to be characterized by commandment-keeping.

This does not mean that good works necessarily mean saving faith is present. It means that where true faith is present, good works inevitably and immediately follow.

Superstition sugarcoats the call to suffering that is a part of the gospel of Christ.

Weakness and ongoing battles with sin should be over, shouldn’t they?

Some preachers maintain, in one form or another, “Come to Jesus. God will lift all of your burdens. You need never be troubled again.” What troubled person wouldn’t respond to a gospel like this? Because it is not the real gospel, however, misled converts often become bitter and disappointed.

Some well-meaning persons confuse biblical faith with elements of superstition.

“I believe . . .” faith trains spiritual muscle through content, will, and emotions.

Quoting Isaiah 29:13, Jesus remarked, “These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me” (Matt.

A multitude of churches and individual believers have been drawn by this polarity to do great acts of charity while teaching a little god that is totally foreign to the God of Scripture.