Our doctrinal statement and ministry position
...both Old and New Testaments, to be the inspired Word of God, without error in the original writings, the complete revelation of His will for the salvation of men and the Divine and final authority for Christian faith and life. (2 Timothy 3:16, 2 Peter 1:3 and 21)
...Creator of all things, infinitely perfect and eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Hey, we don't pretend to know how that all works out, but the Bible plainly shows this to be the case, and that's enough for us! (Genesis 1, Matthew 5:48 and 3:13-17, Deuteronomy 32:6)
...having been conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He died on the cross, a sacrifice for our sins according to the Scriptures. Further, He arose bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven, where, at the right hand of the Majesty on High, He is now our High Priest and Advocate. (Luke 19:44, 23:46, 24:36, Matthew 1:18, Romans 3:25, Acts 1:9, Mark 16:19, Hebrews 4:14)
That the Ministry of the Holy Spirit is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ and, during this age, to convict men, regenerate the believing sinner, and indwell, guide, instruct and empower the believer for godly living and service. (Romans 8:16-17, 2 Thessalonians 2:13, 1 Corinthians 12:4-11)
...but fell into sin and is therefore lost, sinful by nature, and able only through regeneration by the Holy Spirit to obtain salvation and spiritual life. (Genesis 1:27 Romans 5:12 and 18, John 3:16)
That the shed blood of Jesus Christ and His resurrection provide the only ground for justification and salvation for all who believe, and only such as receive Jesus Christ are born of the Holy Spirit and, thus become children of God. (Ephesians 1:7, John 11:25, Romans 8:30)
That water baptism and the Lord's Supper are ordinances to be observed by the Church during the present age. They are, however, not to be regarded as means of salvation. (Acts 2:38, 1 Corinthians 11:26)
That the true Church is composed of all such persons who through saving faith in Jesus Christ have been regenerated by the Holy Spirit and are united together in the Body of Christ of which He is the Head. (Colossians 1:18)
In the personal premillennial and imminent coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and that this “Blessed Hope” has a vital bearing on the personal life and service of the believer. (Acts 1:11, 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17)
In the bodily resurrection of the dead; of the believer to everlasting blessedness and joy with the Lord; of the unbeliever to judgment and everlasting conscious punishment. (Revelation 20:11-15)
We believe in a literal six 24-hour day creation of an adult heavens and earth by God Almighty. 144 Hours. And why not? We believe that God is all-powerful. God is not limited by the laws of physics and nature, which He Himself authored. The way we see it, there is no reason whatsoever to doubt that God did, in fact, create the heavens and the earth, in their mature forms, exactly as described in Genesis. Sweet!
Dinosaurs are merely animals, and they were created along with all of the other animals on the fifth and sixth days of creation. What's that you say? Dinosaurs aren't mentioned in the Bible? Neither are giraffes. Actually, the word “dinosaur” did not exist when the Bible was written, so these creatures may be referred to in the Scriptures as “dragons” or as the “behemoth” or the “leviathan.” So, love on those dinosaurs, and love on God's Word! It's all good!
We're sure he was a nice guy, but this whole “evolving from a common ancestor as apes” thing is kinda weird. Here's the deal. If you do science correctly, you honestly can't call Darwinism a fact. It requires FAITH, just like Creationism does. And since Darwinism and the Bible kinda teach exactly opposite things, we're gonna go with the Bible on this one. This will be evident in some of our materials. So, if you believe in Darwinism, we can still be friends. We just want to give you a heads-up about where we're coming from.
We provide most of our materials in multiple Bible versions, including NIV, KJV, ESV, NLT, and CSB. We believe that these are all good, though imperfect, translations of the Bible. We believe the best of these versions is the one your kids will actually read.
Some of our lessons deal with the return of Christ, which is cool. But, will it be “pre-trib,” “mid-trib,” or “post-trib?” One could argue that there's Scripture to support all three of those positions, but we think that's missing the point. We don't know when Christ will return. We only know that He WILL.
That's okay. We're not saying that anyone's going to hell for thinking differently on these points, we're just telling you what we believe, because it informs what we teach in our materials.
