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We believe that the Bible is the inerrant and infallible "word of God, the only rule of faith and obedience" (Westminster Larger Catechism, Question #3).  What is more we also believe that "all synods or councils, since the Apostles' times, whether general or particular, may err; and many have erred. Therefore they are not to he made the rule of faith, or practice; but to be used as a help in both" (Westminster Confession of Faith 31.4). 

We do use creeds and confessions, not as replacements of Scripture, but to clarify what we believe the Scripture teaches.  We are humble enough to realize that these documents inevitably flatten the Scripture, by leaving much of importance out.  We also realize that our doctrine needs to be challenged by Scripture.  This idea was at the very heart of the Reformation.  As some say, we are "reformed and always reforming".  The Scripture challenges, shapes, grows, corrects, trains, teaches, and rebukes us.

Many churches profess to believe the Bible, so in order to profess specifically what we believe about the Bible:

We are a member of the Presbyterian Church in America and hold to the PCA Doctrinal Statement.  The PCA subscribes to the Westminster Confession of Faith, along with the Westminster Shorter and Larger Catechisms, the Five Solas of the Reformation, and the Five Points of Calvinism.

In short, we believe and teach the Doctrines of Grace, also called Reformed Theology.  

To understand the Doctrines of Grace you should read:

Joseph Alleine's book An Alarm to the Unconverted

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This is one of the most reprinted books in history, but as far as I can tell is now out of print.  This book is a masterful work on the difference between true and false conversion.

Martin Luther's Declaration which prefaced his commentary on the book of Galatians

This short document transformed the lives of John and Charles Wesley and George Whitefield, which led to revival in the United Kingdom and the American Colonies.  It teaches the true power to save and sanctify a person.

Jonathan Edwards' sermon "Hypocrites Deficient in the Duty of Prayer"

This sermon reveals the counterfeit nature of false Christianity.  Edwards says in the sermon "It is hard for a man to let go a hope of heaven, on which he hath once allowed himself to lay hold, and which he hath retained for a considerable time. True conversion is a rare thing. But that men are brought off from a false hope of conversion — after they are once settled and established in it, and have continued in it for some time, is much more rare."  He pleads with us to take an honest look at the state of our soul.

George Whitefield's sermon "The Method of Grace"

This sermon masterfully explains repentance.  Whitefield demonstrates that we must repent of our actual sins, original sin, and acts of righteousness.  It is only as we cling solely to Christ's righteousness that we can have peace in our souls.

Thomas Chalmer's sermon "The Expulsive Power of a New Affection"

Chalmers proves that to conquer sin, something more powerful must drive it out.  Therefore we will conquer one sin with one more dreadful or through being overcome with the beauty of God.

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