Who is behind Christian Knowledge:

Often times on this website you will see the administration or collective ministry of Christian Knowledge referred to in the plural (we - our - us). This pluralization is really in reference to anyone who may join our mission, help the ministry, or join as a member. While the collective "we" is used, the website itself was designed and is administered by one person (at least for the time being) and rather than give myself credit where it is not due, I prefer to credit Christians as a whole and specifically those who have taken time to visit christian-knowledge.com, who assist us with the organizational, community and fellowship requirements that are vital to such a ministry as this.

Why this website was started:

This website was started specifically to promote an event called Stand for Christ on August 7, 2010; which incidentally turned into a test of faith in which I spent three days in Washington D.C. sitting at the foot of Christ, studying His redemptive revelation (the Bible) and seeking His face. With that said, I felt that I would be remiss if I built a website to promote an event without providing a place to edify, educate and equip other Christians through a study of the Word of God empowering all of us to be responsible witnesses who present the faith from a Biblical, faithful, logical and knowledgeable position.

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What we believe:

The administration, moderators and any who would assume a leadership role, administrative or otherwise participate in ministry work in an offical capacity, affirm the following:

Scripture:

We believe the Bible (the 66 books of the Old and New Testaments) is the Word of God, as written by the prophets, apostles and disciples of Christ. As a God inspired revelation, it is thus verbally inspired and completely without error (historically, scientifically, morally, and spiritually) in its original writings. While God the Holy Spirit supernaturally superintended the writing of the Bible, that writing nevertheless reflects the words and literary styles of its individual human authors. Scripture reveals the being, nature, and character of God, the nature of God's creation, and especially His will for the salvation of human beings through Jesus Christ. The Bible is therefore our supreme and final authority in all matters that it addresses.

Creation:

We believe that the physical universe, including Earth, is the visible creation of God. It declares God's existence and gives a trustworthy revelation of God's character and purpose. In Scripture, God declares that through His creation all humanity recognizes His existence, power, glory, and wisdom. An honest study of nature -- its physical, biological, and social aspects -- can prove useful in a person's search for truth. Properly understood, God's Word (Scripture) and God's world (nature), as two revelations (one verbal, one physical) from the same God, will never contradict each other.

God:

We believe in one infinitely perfect, eternal and personal God, the transcendent Creator and sovereign Sustainer of the universe. This one God is Triune, existing eternally and simultaneously as three distinct persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. All three "persons" share equally and completely the one divine nature, and are therefore the same God, coequal in power, nature, and glory. We believe that the Triune God is both infinitely loving and infinitely just, infinitely merciful and infinitely righteous. That all of these are to be true, it naturally flows from God's being to deal with our sin with supreme justice.

Person of Christ:

We believe that Jesus Christ is both true God (the second Person of the Trinity) and true man (the Incarnate Son of God). We also believe in the great events surrounding Jesus Christ's birth, life and ministry, including: His eternal preexistence, His virgin birth, His attesting miracles, His sinless life, His sacrificial death on the cross, His glorious bodily resurrection from the dead, His ascension into heaven, and His present work in heaven as High Priest and Advocate. He will return in glory to resurrect and judge all mankind. We do confess that Jesus is Lord of all, whether they accept Him or hate Him and that He endured the cross for the forgiveness of our sins to fulfill the supreme justice of God.

Person of the Holy Spirit:

We believe that the Holy Spirit, the third Person of the Trinity, is indeed a Divine Person, coequal with the Father and the Son. We also believe in the ministry of the Holy Spirit in salvation, a ministry which includes anointing and glorifying Christ, convicting men of their sin, bringing about the regeneration of lost sinners, and indwelling believers and empowering them for godly living and spiritual service.

Mankind:

We believe God created mankind in His image and likeness (having rational, moral, relational, and spiritual capacities) to fellowship with Him, glorify Him and partake in His mercy and love. Human beings are therefore the crown of God's creation (possessing inherent dignity and moral worth), and thus distinct in kind from all other life on earth. Adam and Eve, the first human beings, chose to heed the words of the serpant (Satan) and in so doing failed to heed God's warning. As a result, all of mankind became separated from God, the image of God in man distorted, and the sinful nature passed on to all their progeny. Because of original sin (which includes both corruption and guilt), unregenerate human beings are incapable of pleasing or commending themselves to God. The only remedy for mankind's pitiful predicament is redemption through faith in Jesus Christ and His atonement on the cross.

Redemption:

We believe God has acted sovereignly to bridge the gap that separates people from Himself. He sent His Son, born of a virgin, attested by miracles and by a sinless life, to bear the full penalty for humanity's sin, suffered and died in the place of sinners, thus satisfying the Father's just wrath against human sin, and effecting true reconciliation between God and mankind for those who believe. In the atoning death of Christ, both God's love and God's justice are fully manifested. The righteousness of Jesus Christ in perfectly fulfilling the law of God has been graciously credited to all believers. Redemption is solely a work of God's grace, received exclusively through faith in Jesus Christ, and never by works of human merit.

Justification:

We believe justification is a judicial act of God's grace wherein He acquits a person of all sin and accepts that person as righteous in His sight because of the imputed righteousness of Christ. Justification is strictly a work of God's grace, apprehended through faith alone, and solely on the account of Christ.

Sanctification:

We believe that we, as regenerated sinners are continually sanctified through God's work on our behalf. That we remain sinners is a cause of our nature passed down from the Original Sin and that through God's life long sanctification and regeneration of the faithful from unrepentant sinners to men and women of faith and repentant hearts, that the work God began our behalf will be completed at the second coming of our LORD and Savior Jesus Christ.

Resurrection:

We believe Jesus Christ rose bodily from the dead, conquering sin, death, and all the powers of Satan. The resurrection is God's historical affirmation and vindication of Jesus Christ's unique identity, mission, and message. Historical evidence of the resurrection is manifest in Christ's empty tomb, His many resurrection appearances, and in the emergence of the Christian church itself. Jesus Christ now resides at the right hand of the Father, and lives to indwell all who recognize their sinfulness, who repent, and who turn their lives over to His authority. We also attest that those who hold fast till the end will be likewise raised from the dead on the last day.

The Church:

We believe the church is the spiritual body of Jesus Christ (its Founder, Head, and Shepherd) and that it encompasses all true believers at all times and places. The function of the church is to carry out the Lord's expressed will through the power of the Holy Spirit. One of the central purposes of the church is to preach the Gospel (in both word and life), the good news that humankind can find salvation from sin through faith in Jesus Christ. All people who have placed their faith (confident trust) in Jesus Christ for salvation belong to the church and are, thus, the people of God. This community of believers is made up of people who are neither perfect nor sinless, but by grace their lives are coming more and more under the control of the Holy Spirit, expressing His love, joy, peace, and other Christ-like qualities.

Prophecy:

We believe the Lord Jesus Christ will return to this earth, personally, bodily, and visibly to establish his glorious reign in a kingdom that will never end. As the sovereign Lord, He will resurrect and judge all humanity. Those who have received His offer of life through the Gospel will go to eternal blessings in heaven; those who have rejected it, to eternal conscious torment in hell. We look forward to the blessed hope, Christ's Second Coming in glory.

The Great Commission:

We believe Jesus Christ is the only way of salvation. And since Christ has commissioned His people, the church, to go into all the world to disciple, to baptize, and to teach everyone everywhere to obey His Word, we desire, by His grace, to play our part in reaching the world with the Gospel of Christ.

The Ecumenical Creeds:

We feel that the creeds contained in scripture itself are the authoritative creeds, all others deriving any such authority from the Biblical passages. While we do agree with the Ecumenical Creeds in substance and in principle, we do not agree whole heartedly in minor details. For example: the Apostle's Creed (not written by the Apostles) states in article IV that Jesus "Suffered under Pontius Pilate; was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into hell; ..."

While we do agree with the principle of Jesus suffering the full wrath of God to fulfill divine justice, to say "He descended into hell" may not actually be the best explanation nor the correct one. So, where we do affirm the same principles as the Ecumenical Creeds; believing in the Father, Son and Holy Spirit as one tri-une God, one baptism for remission of sins, one catholic (universal) church as the Body of Christ and the truth of the crucifixion, death and resurrection of our LORD and Savior, we feel that we can not - in good conscience - say that we affirm the creeds themselves. Please note that while we do not specifically affirm the Ecumenical Creeds, we do not systematically reject them nor disagree with their sentiment. Simply we can not affirm that which we do not appreand as specifically revealed through the authority of scripture as being true to the wording of the creed. As one would not sign a contract with questionable wording, we do not affirm creeds which we find questionable, in part.

Where it pleases you to affirm the Ecumenical Creeds, we have no grounds on which to disagree and fully attest to their value and importance, not only historically, but also in stating succinctly the Christian faith. We also utilize the Ecumenical creeds in our study courses because we recognize their value and usefullness.

For more information on the Ecumenical Creeds and our views on the specific creeds, please visit our Apologetics Training Course 1 article entitled Topic 3: What Do You Believe?