Orthodox. Having an accurate theology and understanding of what you believe is a very important thing for every Christian. If you ask most Christians what they believe the response would be, “…in Jesus” , but it is important to go deeper than that and really comprehend what we believe about God, Jesus, faith, and live. This is what I believe

God

God is love (1 Jn 4:16); God is infinite in time (Ps. 48:14), space, and understanding (1 Jn. 3:20); God is an eternal (Rev 22:13) living (Jer. 10:10) personal Spirit (Jn 4:24), and humanity in the person of Jesus Christ (Php 2:6-7); God is constant (Mal 3:6); God is intimate with His creation (Ps. 144:3); God is holy (Ps. 99:9), righteous (Da 9:14), and just (Isa 30:18); God is graceful to those who seek him (Ro 3:22-24) and vengeful against those who do not (Na 1:2-3); God is faithful to all (Dt. 7:9); God is merciful (Dt. 4:31), God is not dependent on anything or anyone; God is transcendent in being and perfection (Ex. 15:11); God is omnipotent (all-powerful), omniscient (all-knowing), and omnipresent (all-present); God is the creator of all (Ge 1:1)

God is one in essence, three in person.  

Jesus

Jesus Christ was fully man and fully God during the time of the incarnation (Php. 2:6-8) and this union between the two natures was without confusion, change, division, or separation.

Jesus Christ died on the cross as a substitutionary sacrifice for our sins and three days later he was raised from the dead. The resurrection of Christ proves that He is and was God and gives us hope that we too will be resurrected from the dead one day (1 Thes. 4:16)

Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit is one of the three persons in the Trinity. He is equal to both the Father and the Son and is as essential to the doctrine of the Trinity as the Father and the Son are.

The Holy Spirit has many roles in the life of the believer; the Spirit was sent to indwell the believer (Jn. 14:16-17), to guide (Rom. 8:14), to teach about God (Jn. 16:12-15), empower the believer through the filling of the Holy Spirit, to endow spiritual gifts (1 Cor 12), and to convince the world of its sin and need for God (Jn. 16:7-10)

Humanity

All of humanity was created in the image of God which means that we reflect the nature of God to the world and one another, we have a unique place in creation, and we are dependent on our creator.

We are all born with a sinful nature because of the sin of Adam and Eve in Gen. 3. Ephesians 2:1-3, clearly states that we are all born with an evil nature and this inherent sinfulness is known as total depravity. All men and women throughout time and space

The sinfulness of man results total in separation between God and humanity. There is nothing that we can do on our own to be reconciled to God. It is only through a relationship with Christ and ultimately through His death on the cross that we can once again be reconciled into communion with God (Col. 1:19-20)

Salvation

Salvation is God’s redemptive work through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ to reconcile humans, who are sinful and separated from God, with Himself. Salvation allows us to experience a fullness of life now and gives us a hope for the future that we will one day be reunited with our God when we die (Romans 14:7-8). Salvation is available to all who humbly submit themselves to Christ and who by faith believe that Christ is the only way to achieve salvation (Jn. 8:24, Acts 4:12).

Sanctification

Sanctification is “a separation from sin and a dedication to God” (A.B. Simpson). It is both an event that happens in time and an ongoing process in which we are changed in our nature to be more like Christ. Sanctification is made possible only through the work of Jesus Christ on the cross, the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, and an intimate relationship with God.

The Church

The church is the visible organized expression of the body of Christ one earth (1 Cor. 12:27). It is made up of many different parts/local congregations (1 Cor. 12:12). Each local church regardless of denomination makes up the body of the universal or catholic church. Thus the church is not the building, but the people that fill the building, and each local congregation makes up a part of the universal congregation of which Christ is the head (Eph. 1:22-23).

A church is a group of believers (Mt. 18:20) who are joined together and meet together (Acts 2:46) to celebrate Christ. Among whom the Bible is preached (2 Tim. 4:2), God is worshiped (Ps. 150), there is fellowship and growth among the members, and service and evangelism is engaged in. A church is not a building, but the people in the building (1 Cor. 12:27)

It is important to establish local churches because the church is the visible body of Christ on earth and it is through the church that those who do not know God will come to know God. The local church is a place to worship God, grow in faith, serve others, and share Christ.

The Emergent Journey

I believe that the church today is on a journey of emergence, as it always is. The church has always responded to the culture around it and structured itself accordingly and responded to reach out with the gospel in a relevant fashion. The message of Christ has never and should never change, but the way that church responds to the world around it always will.

The modern way of “doing church” is failing to reach a generation of postmodern thinkers and young adults floating though atheistic colleges and ideas with no hope for life. This is where the emerging church movement is growing in reaching out genuinely to reach this lost generation with the reality of a relationship with Christ. The emergent journey is a journey of entering the culture and connecting those around us to the journey of faith in Christ

To see more of my theology and beliefs download any of the following theology papers that I have written and select "save as":

Doctrinal Statements the full version of the previous believous from my accredidation process with the Christian and Missionary Alliance.

Philosophy of Worship a theological philosophy of worship in the church

Doctrine of the Church a theological perspective of what the church should be