Foundations Listen to the unit introduction. The major emphasis of this study course, as explained in the Course Introduction, is the four foundational or cardinal doctrines of the Assemblies of God. But truth must have its own solid foundation. We are therefore devoting four lessons, in this introductory unit, to the Bible as the divinely inspired revelation of God to humankind. God’s Word, the Bible, is our infallible and authoritative rule of faith and conduct. William W. Menzies, author