What We Believe: God the Father (Pt 2)

November 6, 2009 in BFM 2000, PRBC, Theology
Tags: baptist faith and message, confession of faith, God, statement of faith, the Bible, Theology

READ PART 1 HERE.
THE KING IS A FATHER
BFM: God is Father in truth to those who become children of God through faith in Jesus Christ. He is fatherly in His attitude toward all men.
The Great Either/Or
All humanity stands on a side of a great chasm, a great either/or. All mean are either “in Adam” or [...]

What We Believe: God the Father (Pt 1)

November 5, 2009 in BFM 2000, PRBC, Theology
Tags: baptist faith and message, confession of faith, God, statement of faith, the Bible, Theology

THE FATHER IS THE KING
BFM: God as Father reigns with providential care over His universe, His creatures, and the flow of the stream of human history according to the purposes of His grace. He is all powerful, all knowing, all loving, and all wise.
The Fact of the Father’s Reign
1. The biblical data testifies that God [...]

What We Believe: Our Triune God (part 2)

October 30, 2009 in BFM 2000, PRBC, Theology
Tags: baptist faith and message, confession of faith, God, statement of faith, the Bible, Theology

See Part 1 here.
Our God: Infinity
BFM: God is infinite in holiness and all other perfections.
There are several ways to think about God’s “infinity”: he is infinite in terms of time (eternal), he is infinite in terms of space (omnipresent); and he is infinite in terms of attributes, meaning all things that are true of [...]

What We Believe: Our Triune God (part 1)

October 29, 2009 in BFM 2000, PRBC, Theology
Tags: baptist faith and message, confession of faith, God, statement of faith, the Bible, Theology

If you missed our study last night, get caught up here (and come next week!).
OUR GOD IS ONE
Attributes of Our God
An attribute is a quality, a characteristic, an inherent, “built-in” part of someone or something. An attribute of God is an aspect of who God is “in himself”, for all eternity. When we look at [...]

What We Believe: The Scriptures

October 22, 2009 in BFM 2000, PRBC
Tags: baptist faith and message, confession of faith, statement of faith, the Bible, Theology

Last night we started our first full-swing week of our study of our Statement of Faith (the Baptist Faith and Message 2000 — click here for a link). The first section of our statement of faith is on The Scriptures. If you weren’t able to come last night, read on and be caught up for [...]