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With this entry, we come to the end of our blog series focusing on The Apostles’ Creed. By no means have Dr. Jan Davis and I covered everything there is to say about the creeds. Innumerable volumes have been written on these foundational beliefs of the Christian faith.  In fact, the...

Both the ancient Nicene Creed (325 AD) and the Apostles’ Creed (390 AD) affirm our belief in the Church. The Nicene Creed reads: We believe in the only holy catholic and apostolic church. Similarly, the Apostles’ Creed attests to our belief in the holy catholic church. The church is...

Thus far in this series of blogs Dr. Jan Davis and I have focused on God the Father and God the Son. Now, we come to the third person of the Holy Trinity: God the Holy Spirit. We must be careful to note that we do not worship three different gods. We worship the One Triune God who exists as...

Note: We continue to focus on the vital importance of the creeds for the Christian faith. Last week, Dr. Jan Davis focused on Jesus’ resurrection. This week’s Pastor’s Corner highlights the next line of the creed, “he ascended into heaven.” This blog by Dr. Steve...

Matters of Creed VII: Jesus’ Suffering and Death   …suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried…               The bulk of the Apostles’ Creed focuses on Jesus Christ, the Son of God...

  In this edition of the Matters of Creed series, I am returning to the first affirmation from the Apostles’ Creed: I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth.  This affirmation corresponds with the very first sentence we read in scripture: In the beginning...

Matters of Creed II: I Believe in God the Father Almighty  The traditional version of the Apostles’ Creed is recited almost every Sunday during worship at Central. The language of the creed comes from scripture and contains the twelve most basic affirmations of the Christian faith...

7 “Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. 9 Is there anyone among you who, if...

In his book, Give Them Christ, Stephen Seamands tells the story of taking a trip a with his wife and another couple to a Mennonite Community in the Southern Fork area of Case County, Kentucky. Part of their agenda for the day included visiting Nolt’s Bulk Food Store. Seamands comments...

High school and college years excluded, I’ve been an early riser for most of my life. My poor mother had a hard time keeping me from getting up early in the morning. She knew when I got up that I would wake her up. I knew that as soon as she got up, I could go outside and play. I was...