Guard the Good Deposit

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The Subjective Response: The Church’s Participation in God’s Unfolding Drama As Christians, you and I exist entirely as a response to and participation in the person and work of the Triune God. In grace and love God has invited us into his unfolding drama. We now live inside his story as participants through our theology, worship, spirituality, and witness.

The Great Confession: Our Theology To be a Christian is to confess that certain things are true. We believe and defend the truth revealed by God in Scripture. The Great Tradition summarizes our beliefs in a rule of faith, or a simple statement that serves as a standard and guide for our theology. For over 1,600 years, the Nicene Creed has served as the rule of faith for the Church. His Life in Us: Our Worship From the earliest days, Christians have gathered for the worship service of the Word and the Table. The gathered Church retells God’s story through the Scripture and reenacts the climax of God’s story through the Lord’s Supper. The Great Tradition provides us with the basic weekly worship service (or liturgy) of the Word and the Table.