The Nicene Creed forms the Doctrine of the Trinity.

It was written in 325 (a little over 50 years before the Catholic Church was planted). It would be added to in 381 but represents one of the main pre-Catholic Church creeds today.

Note - "catholic" in this creed means "universal", NOT Catholic Church (like Baptists used "catholic" in the 19th century to mean "true church").
The (Original) Nicene Creed of 325

We believe in one God, the Father almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of...

God knows every sin I would ever commit before He gave me the new birth. If I were somehow going to reject Christ in the future and die lost, God already knew that. Therefore, it would be a useless act to give me the new birth. God does nothing in vain. Once a person is born again, it is forever; it is eternal.

Scripture says to make your calling an election sure. Don’t just think you are saved, make sure you are. Examine yourselves whether you be in the faith. If we judge ourselves, we...

A question to ask yourselves is "Does God credit the faith of some humans as righteous faith?" See Romans 4:4-5 and Romans 4:23-25. The answer of course is yes.

How about does God ask fallen individuals to put their faith in Christ? The answer of course is yes.

Does John 3:16 indicate everyone whose faith is credited as righteous faith will not perish?
The answer of course is yes.

Some claim individuals, after hearing the gospel revelation, choose to believe and thus save themselves....

As Baptists we are not creedal Christians. At the same time, we often define our doctrines by creeds as a historical representation of orthodoxy.

The Doctrine of rhe Trinity is expressed primarily in three creeds. The most often used is the Chalcedonian to express orthodox Christianity in regard to the Persons of the Godhead.

One important fact is that to deny one part is to deny the whole (it is to hold a different doctrine).

Another fact is that we, as Baptists, are not bound to...

I would like to prove on this thread that it does.

For starters, I say this letter was written by Paul to the Ephesian Church in the province of Asia where he spent a considerable amount of time and had much disputation with the Jews there. He wrote this letter in 60 AD and like all the epistles, it was written to explain the history and to reveal the mystery that is the New Testament church of Jesus Christ which was being formed at this time by both Jews and gentile members. This mystery...

I been reading and studying the KJV all my life... And I'm sure I've gone over this scripture more times than I can remember, believing the translators got it right... And I still do, so for those who are KJV like me and those who are not, let me clear this up.

Acts 12:4 And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.

First of all the Christian celebration of...

"But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ."—2 Corinthians 11:3.

And what is "the simplicity that is in Christ?" The apostle answers this question in another part of his writings, when he saith, "Christ is all, and in all." Now nothing can be more simple than this: "Christ is all;" then it would be equal folly to seek for happiness in any thing but in Christ. And "Christ is in...

Sin To Death

“These things I have written to you who believe in the Name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life. This is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests which we have asked from Him. If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask and God will for him give life to those who...

https://faithalone.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Pickering.pdf

What is your favorite commentary on Galatians?

why?