1).The Bible is the Word of God, Inerrant in the original autographs.
2).There is only One God, Creator of all creation: three Persons in Trinity; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
2).God became flesh in Christ Jesus; born of a Virgin, conceived of the Holy Spirit.
3).Christ atoned for our sins through His death and shed blood on the cross.
4).Christ rose bodily from the grave and ascended into Heaven; conquering death and proving that He is God.
5).Salvation is only through Christ; available now to all through repentance, faith towards God, and being born again as a new creation in Christ.
6).Christ shall return, there will be a final judgment of eternal reward and eternal punishment.
7). Hope - Looks first for the good rather than the evil in all things.
"And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good." -Genesis 1:31
"And now abides faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love." -I Corinthians 13:13
8). Mystery - The Infinite God cannot be fully comprehended or explained by finite man.
"Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen." -I Timothy 6:16
"Let a man so consider us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God." -I Corinthians 4:1
"And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached to the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory." -I Timothy 3:16
"O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor? ...For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen." -Romans 11:34-36
9). Environment - Stewardship of God's Creation.
"Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it." -Genesis 2:15
:"Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas." -Psalm 8:6-8
"Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful." -I Corinthians 4:2
10). Holism - Awareness of the sacred in all times and places; refusal to compartmentalize life.
"And these words, which I command you this day, shall be in your heart: And you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up." -Deuteronomy 6:6-7
"For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's." -Romans 14:8
"Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:" -Ephesians 1:9-10
11). Immanence - God is present with His Creation.
"For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be the glory for ever. Amen." -Romans 11:36
"That they should seek the Lord...though he be not far from every one of us: For in him we live, and move, and have our being;" -Acts 17:27-28
12). Simplicity - Emphasis on the "main and plain" basic essential doctrines:
"But I fear, lest by any means...your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ." -II Corinthians 11:3
"For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:" -I Corinthians 15:3-4
"And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified." -I Corinthians 2:1-2
2).There is only One God, Creator of all creation: three Persons in Trinity; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
2).God became flesh in Christ Jesus; born of a Virgin, conceived of the Holy Spirit.
3).Christ atoned for our sins through His death and shed blood on the cross.
4).Christ rose bodily from the grave and ascended into Heaven; conquering death and proving that He is God.
5).Salvation is only through Christ; available now to all through repentance, faith towards God, and being born again as a new creation in Christ.
6).Christ shall return, there will be a final judgment of eternal reward and eternal punishment.
7). Hope - Looks first for the good rather than the evil in all things.
"And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good." -Genesis 1:31
"And now abides faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love." -I Corinthians 13:13
8). Mystery - The Infinite God cannot be fully comprehended or explained by finite man.
"Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen." -I Timothy 6:16
"Let a man so consider us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God." -I Corinthians 4:1
"And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached to the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory." -I Timothy 3:16
"O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor? ...For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen." -Romans 11:34-36
9). Environment - Stewardship of God's Creation.
"Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it." -Genesis 2:15
:"Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas." -Psalm 8:6-8
"Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful." -I Corinthians 4:2
10). Holism - Awareness of the sacred in all times and places; refusal to compartmentalize life.
"And these words, which I command you this day, shall be in your heart: And you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up." -Deuteronomy 6:6-7
"For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's." -Romans 14:8
"Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:" -Ephesians 1:9-10
11). Immanence - God is present with His Creation.
"For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be the glory for ever. Amen." -Romans 11:36
"That they should seek the Lord...though he be not far from every one of us: For in him we live, and move, and have our being;" -Acts 17:27-28
12). Simplicity - Emphasis on the "main and plain" basic essential doctrines:
"But I fear, lest by any means...your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ." -II Corinthians 11:3
"For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:" -I Corinthians 15:3-4
"And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified." -I Corinthians 2:1-2
