Grace Makes You a Charity Case
Mitchell Leach
We want to work for what we receive. We want to pay our own way and earn our place. This is true in nearly every part of life, and it often becomes true of the way we relate to God. We begin to think that if we work hard enough, obey consistently enough, or become useful enough, God will be pleased with us. This is the question that will wear out your soul: Am I working hard enough for God?
Paul addresses this directly in Galatians 3:
Bible, Theology
A Plain Guide to What We Believe About Dispensationalism
Mitchell Leach
Is God a God who tests humanity, watches it fail, and starts over with a new arrangement? Or is he a God whose purpose never wavers — whose covenant never changes, whose plan was never derailed, never improvised, never interrupted by human failure?
That is the question this paper is about. And it is not abstract at all. The answer determines how you read every page of your Bible, how you understand the church you belong to, and what you believe about the God you worship.
Position Paper, Theology
What We Believe About Dispensationalism
Mitchell Leach
Prosper Christian Reformed Church rejects dispensationalism and its theological interpretations. While we wouldn’t call this faulty belief system heretical, we would strongly declare that it is erroneous and an improper way to handle God’s word.
The failure in this theology is that it divorces God from his steadfast love, or covenant love. God’s covenantal love for his people becomes dependent on the time in which he speaks.
Bible, Position Paper
The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy (1978)
The following Statement affirms this inerrancy of Scripture afresh, making clear our understanding of it and warning against its denial. We are persuaded that to deny it is to set aside the witness of Jesus Christ and of the Holy Spirit and to refuse that submission to the claims of God's own Word which marks true Christian faith.
Position Paper, Theology
Rebaptism and the Promise That Does Not Repeat
Mitchell Leach
The question of rebaptism is not new. The church has wrestled with it for nearly two millennia, and the consistent testimony of the historic, catholic, and Reformed church is that baptism is once-for-all. The modern practice of rebaptism does not arise from Scripture or from historic Christianity;
Theology, Church History
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