How Not to Disagree About the Bible
In short, Tertullian’s Rule of Faith represents a standard second- and third-century way to summarize apostolic teaching. It may have had an oral source, but it nevertheless describes the written word.
In short, Tertullian’s Rule of Faith represents a standard second- and third-century way to summarize apostolic teaching. It may have had an oral source, but it nevertheless describes the written word.
Pastors must remember the subtle but significant difference between a pulpit and a platform.
“I came to the people of Ireland to preach the Gospel, and to suffer insult from the unbelievers, bearing the reproach of my going abroad and many persecutions even unto bonds.”
It’s helpful to think of the Creed like this: a Christian may, and perhaps even should, believe more than what’s in the Creed, but not less.
Pearce died at what seemed to be a very young age, but, to many of those who knew him, he seemed to have condensed a lifetime of holy living and ministry into the decade that he was at Birmingham.