A defining feature of our church is our statement of faith, which is tethered to the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith. For this reason, as a gathered church on the Lord's Day, we read and affirm its contents as the best expression of our doctrinal beliefs. This often leads to the misconception that the confession is our source of authority. Thus, the slogan "no cree...

Have you ever wondered why we have a call to worship or a benediction in our Lord's Day worship service? If you are like me, you have probably never encountered these elements in your previous church. Furthermore, these practices may have become so routine that no one really pays attention to the words anymore. For example, the call to worship may simply have become a Pavl...

Scripture is central for doing theology as it roots us as creatures made in God's image. Our creaturely nature is a reminder that we are fully dependent on our Creator God and upon His self-disclosure. Therefore, when the question of 'multiple ways to heaven' or the claim that all religions lead to the same god arise, we are called upon to respond based on what God has spo...

Alister Begg wrote "You can come up with a biblically-diluted concoction of music, drama, self-help principles, and marketing strategies that will be able to grow a large congregation without anybody ever really knowing what God has to say in the Bible." Aptly, this quote summarizes for us a major reason for the spiritual and doctrinal disintegration in many Evangelical c...