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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...

8 Crucified for Us For our sake He was crucified under Pontius Pilate; He suffered death and was buried. The whole idea of incarnation is absurd without the simultaneous idea of atonement. Why did Jesus need to do this? Why did Jesus need to come to earth in order to suffer and to die as a man? We already affirmed that it was for us and for our salvation. Without this loving purpose, the cross is not only absurd but absurdly brutal. Think of it—God the Father punishing the Son with suffering and
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