I like it. Um can we call the “sacraments” section “ordinances”? Cuz traditionally sacrament is something that saves you 
(picky i know)
Doctrine
Hermeneutical Presuppositions
- A creative, communicative God exists.
- God communicated his desires to men, who wrote down and preserved them.
- God’s communication can be understood in literal human grammar, carrying divine authority through this vehicle.
The Word of God (What we know about God’s Word)
- Sufficiency of Christ
- Insufficiency of the Writings
- Sufficiency of the Writings
Theology (What we know about God)
- Theology Proper (Father)
- Christology (Christ)
- Pneumatology (Spirit)
Anthropology (What we know about man)
- Depravity
- Entelechy
Soteriology (How we are saved)
- Atonement (Subjugation of unholiness)
- Justification (Imputation of holiness)
- Sanctification (Actualization of holiness)
- Glorification (Finalization of holiness)
Ecclesiology (What the church is and how it should function)
- The Bride of Christ
- Polity (Leadership)
- Plural
- Male
- Membership: literally (What an individual part of the church should look like)
Eschatology (How God will glorify himself in the end times)
- Christ is returning; be ready.
Praxis (Christian Practice: living all of the above)
- Unity
- Deference
- Separation
- Worship
- Spiritual Gifts
- Sacraments
- Baptism
- Marriage
- Death
- Suffering
- The Mundane
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at 1:10 am
How do you feel about “traditions?” (See 2 Thessalonians 2:15)? Sacraments is very Lutheran/Catholic/Episcopal/Presby, and ordinances is very baptist/congregationalist/independentfundy.
at 3:35 am
