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Faith of our Fathers: A Study of the Nicene Creed is unavailable, but you can change that!

It’s not whether you have a creed or not, just which. “No creed but Christ.” This claim tries to remove the mess of doctrinal controversy. After all, doesn’t everyone know that “doctrine divides?” But would avoiding creeds and confessions really clear away confusion? As the church’s first “official” ecumenical creed, the Nicene Creed has protected and shaped the life of God’s people for...

people today try to answer these questions as if they were the first person to face the issue. The sad truth is that they are like the frustrated little boy who wonders how he can make one of his toys move faster. He begins to wonder if he could stop dragging his toy along the ground and make it move more smoothly. He asks himself, “What would help my toys move faster and what would it look like? What shape would it take? How could things move faster than being dragged on the ground? The agonizing
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