The Written Word of God We confess that this Word of God was not sent nor delivered by the will of men , but that holy men of God spoke, being moved by the Holy Spirit, as Peter says. the most amazing work of literature ever produced, in that the Bible combines dozens of writings from men shining its light on what would be revealed in the gospels and explained in the epistles: salvation by grace These men wrote of their own experiences, and their unique voices and personalities come through in the

But the word that the Bible uses to describe the church - ekklēsia - simply means ' a gathering of people

The unmistakable conclusion here is that although you did nothing to earn the grace that saved you, the

We, however, are adopted children of God— adopted by grace through Christ.

Swearing falsely by the name of God is a means of profaning the name of God.

Theologians call it the Divine Tetragrammaton, meaning the four letter word.

saved  by Christ’s death from their sins and from destruction  receive this favor solely from God’s grace brings us right back to the issue we've already wrestled with so often this year: God's sovereignty vs. man's

We have been delivered from our misery by God’s grace alone through Christ and not because we have earned

Second, so that, while praying to God for the grace of the Holy Spirit, we may never stop striving to Men like Moses and Isaiah experienced God's presence upfront and personally, but it was very much in

Then all human creatures will appear in person before that great judge— men, women, and children, who Our strength as Reformed churches certainly is in our grasp of the doctrines of grace and salvation.