Davies
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What are the essentials of the faith?
Father, Son, Holy Spirit, Salvation through faith alone, the inerrancy of Scripture.
I realize there are many implications for each one of these categories, but I thought I would pose the question and list the essentials of the Christian faith. I also realize that when a person first becomes a Christian, he doesn't know all the ins and outs of theology, but given the opportunity to read the Bible, a genuine believer would agree on these points or he may be considered a false convert, or just didn't understand what he was reading.
I'll give my own opinion on what I struggle with regarding this list. Some would say the Bible is without error, or that the King James Bible is the preserved Word of God, but I think some nuances are lost between the translations. Let's face it, we are not cultural Hebrews or Greeks, and though we can study the languages, who knows what we may be missing in the translation. I think with all the copies we have, we can trust the conservative translations, and even in the less conservative translations, anyone can read them and come away with the same plan of salvation or the essentials of the faith.
Father, Son, Holy Spirit, Salvation through faith alone, the inerrancy of Scripture.
I realize there are many implications for each one of these categories, but I thought I would pose the question and list the essentials of the Christian faith. I also realize that when a person first becomes a Christian, he doesn't know all the ins and outs of theology, but given the opportunity to read the Bible, a genuine believer would agree on these points or he may be considered a false convert, or just didn't understand what he was reading.
I'll give my own opinion on what I struggle with regarding this list. Some would say the Bible is without error, or that the King James Bible is the preserved Word of God, but I think some nuances are lost between the translations. Let's face it, we are not cultural Hebrews or Greeks, and though we can study the languages, who knows what we may be missing in the translation. I think with all the copies we have, we can trust the conservative translations, and even in the less conservative translations, anyone can read them and come away with the same plan of salvation or the essentials of the faith.