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Do you think pastors that say they hold to “no creed, Scripture alone” use only the Scripture to prepare their sermons?

John Calvin: “Protestants have the true tradition, Roman Catholics have moved away from the truth.” Agree?

Dr. Trueman: “The Reformation was not Scripture versus tradition, but scriptural tradition versus unscriptural tradition.” Define each.

Carl Truman: “Creeds and confessions represent a public statement of what a particular church or denomination believes that Scripture teaches in a synthetic form.”

What does he mean by synthetic form?

Why is it important for creeds to be public?

Carl Truman: “I am aware that there can be a rather distasteful, not to mention sinful, tendency among many confessional writers to look down with scorn and derision on those who are not confessional.” Why do you think that is true?

The case he wants to make:

That creeds and confessions are thoroughly consistent with the belief that Scripture alone is the unique source of revelation and authority.

That creeds and confessions are, in fact, necessary for the well-being of the church, and that churches that claim not to have them place themselves at a permanent disadvantage when it comes to holding fast to that form of sound words which was so precious to the aging Paul as he advised his young protege, Timothy.

That it is at least arguable, based on Scripture, that the need for creeds and confessions is not jus a practical imperative for the church but is also a biblical imperative.

Next episode, Chapter 1, The Cultural Case against Creeds and Confessions.