OUR DISTINCTIVES . . .
We need to see God - in His holiness - as He has chosen to reveal Himself in His Word - the Biblical Scriptures; and in the process, see the falleness of humankind and our need of God’s restorative grace through Jesus Christ. (Isaiah 6:1-5)
One of the ministries in which we desire to co-labor is the Holy Spirit’s ministry of “drawing” people (John 6:44-45) into the process of salvation (Luke 24:44-49; Acts 2:37-38; 26:18; Hebrews 6:1-3)
The Foundation of the Christian life is RELATIONSHIP with Christ. (Romans 8:9, I John 5:11-12)
REVELATION determines RELATIONSHIP (I Corinthians 3:10-11)
Laying the Foundation of Christ (I Corinthians 3:11 & II Timothy 2:19) is all about REVELATION of Christ & RELATIONSHIP with Christ:
Receiving REVELATION from the teaching ABOUT Christ (Hebrews 6:11) & the teaching OF Christ (II John 9), and turning that REVELATION into RELATIONSHIP through exercise of the various disciplines of Spiritual Formation.