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PART 1 - On the Usefulness of Creeds & Confessions - Chapter 6 The Creedal Imperative by Carl R. Truman
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“In this last chapter I want to conclude by listing a series of further advantages that the church can enjoy if she gives creeds their proper place in her daily life.”
All Churches & All Christians Have Creeds and Confessions.
“No church or Christian simply believes the Bible.” What is a Bible believing church?
When asked by a friend what the Bible teaches, how do we usually answer them? (we all try to offer a summary of what the Bible says.)
When we reflect on how we read the Bible, does what we think as a whole shape how we understand individual verses, chapters, & books?
“Paul gives an imperative for the church and her leadership: the stable transmission of the gospel from one generation to another.” How do creeds fulfill this vital role?
“Some say they have no creed, but they just will not write it down and allow you to look at it and scrutinize it in the light of Scripture.” Why do you think this is true?
“A confession is not enough. The church also needs mechanisms to ensure that, on the one hand, the confession does not become an unassailable idol and, on the other hand, that it is not subject to arbitrary wild interpretation.” Become a mere ritual.
How can a creed become an idol?
“Imagine a church that has “no creed but the Bible”, where the minister one week is convinced that baptism should be restricted to only professing believers and the next week changes his mind and thinks babies can be baptized too. Can he be held to account?”
“If he thinks the Bible teaches Pelagianism one Sunday and Calvinism the next, who is to contradict him and how could they do so?”
Confessions Delimit (sets boundaries) the Power of the Church.
“Creeds serve to delimit the power of the church and of her officer-bearers.”
“This is possibly one of the most important functions confessional documents can fulfill.”
Why is this true?
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