What We Believe
What is truth?
Tim Keller once said, “Freedom is not the absence of restrictions but the presence of the right restrictions.” All humans long for a voice, a course, or bearing from which they can draw direction in life. Every person will wrestle with the question “What is truth?”. We believe the Bible to be the very Word of God, the only unerring rule of faith and practice.
How can I be right with God?
Human history follows a narrative set by God himself in which he redeems the world from sin and suffering. The Bible contains the history of how God has interacted with his people through time, a story that culminates in the sending of his own Son, Jesus Christ, to restore mankind’s broken relationship with God and each other. God’s holy character is the backdrop to this need for restoration, and his powerfully gracious heart is the engine for real transformation.
What does it mean to be rescued by God?
Redemption, or salvation, is the restoration of relationship to God. It is the work of Christ in which, in spite of our continued failures, we are made as if we had never broken our relationship with God. This restoration establishes our citizenship in the kingdom of God. Tim Keller teaches that “The kingdom of God is the renewal of the whole world through the entrance of supernatural forces. As things are brought back under Christ’s rule and authority, they are restored to health, beauty, and freedom” (1997:52-53). For things to be “brought back under Christ’s rule and authority” is another way of saying that Christ’s righteous rule is established in those spheres.
The Apostles’ Creed: Christian, what do you believe?
Unbound Grace Ministries, our board members and those representing Unbound Grace affirm the Apostle’s Creed as a concise summary of their Christian beliefs. We participate in worship at varying traditions that all profess the infallibility of Scripture and the foundational truths highlighted in the Apostle’s Creed.
The Apostle’s Creed
I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to the dead. On the third day, he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.
Amen.
