God is the highest and ultimate authority, and “the powers that be are ordained by God.” Our biblical convictions cause us to recognize and submit to legitimate authority. And we should be strongly convinced of that fact. Read More ...
Christians ought to have a strong set of moral convictions. We know what the Bible teaches regarding moral behavior, and we ought to be strongly committed to following the moral standards we find in the Bible. Through the Spirit, we must mortify the deeds of the flesh. We must strive to live morally at home, at church, and in the community. We must teach our children biblical moral standards. When we fail to live up to Christian moral expectations, we must repent and change our behavior. Read More ...
Christians should have a very strong moral conviction against abortion and the taking of any innocent human life. We should be against it at the beginning of life and at the end of life. We must stand against the shedding of innocent blood. We must protect those made in the image of God. Our Christian moral convictions demands that we support and defend the sanctity of human life. Read More ...
Christians should have a strong commitment to their church, and they should have strong convictions regarding the local church. We must uphold these convictions without compromise. The church is the household of God, the pillar and ground of the truth. We must strive to operate the church within the truth that God has given us. Read More ...
Our culture has, in many cases, abandoned these traditional family structures. Many voices today tell us that family is whatever you want it to be. Many are working to upset and reverse the traditional understanding of family. There is a great deal of confusion and moral chaos on these issues in our culture today. But we need not be confused about these things. Family is what God originally designed it to be, and our responsibility is to conform our families to God’s expectations. Read More ...
True Christians hold these doctrines strongly; these are our doctrinal convictions, our strongly-held beliefs. These are non-negotiables of the faith. We must believe them as we find them in the Bible. To fail to believe them is to put yourself outside the faith once delivered to the saints. These are the truths that the Bible commands us to hold fast without wavering or compromising. We can and should be bold and fervent in holding these doctrinal convictions. Read More ...
In many areas of life, we must compromise. We must be flexible and be willing to change our views. We can hold our opinion and preferences tentatively and conditionally. But we do not have that option regarding the primary teachings of the Bible. On such things, we stand on our convictions without compromise. Read More ...
Because God made us, he has the right to tell us who we are and what we are supposed to do. He has authority over us. Our responsibility is to accept ourselves as God’s creation and live within the parameters he has set for us. We must trust that God made us who we are intentionally. Read More ...
Under the sovereignty of God, we strive to be both prudent and prayerful. We trust God and we take precautions. We affirm both God’s sovereignty and human responsibility. We work as though everything depends on us, and we pray as if everything depends on God. We are both prayerful and careful. Read More ...
It’s easy to say that we would trust God when a child is born with a defect or a loved one suffers with a disease. We say that we would continue to serve God even if a tornado destroyed all we own. It’s an entirely different thing to actually trust God as those things are happening. Read More ...