Personal Statement of Faith

Greetings! Thank you for taking time out of your day to visit my site! I look forward to sharing and interacting with you in the days to come. Since this is my very first post, I believe it is necessary to be upfront with you as to the worldview and philosophy which will be guiding all my future posts. As you can tell by this blog's title, I am a follower of Jesus Christ. I repented and became a servant of Jesus during my junior year at Kansas State University, thanks to the witness of some fellow FarmHouse fraternity brothers. Since that time Christ has changed a lot about me, but He also still has a lot of work to do!

Without rehashing two millenia of Christine doctrine, in short the Apostle's Creed and Nicene Creed are excellent summaries of what I believe. One could summarize my theological beliefs as "classical" Christianity. I believe the Holy Bible is God's revelation of Himself to man. As I have grown in the Lord, I have become more Reformed in my theology. I also believe that the Holy Spirit operates in the same manner today as He did after Christ's ascension; i.e. I have a "charismatic" view of the Holy Spirit. Furthermore, I also hold to a postmillenial view of eschatology.


At this point I must say, however, that we "know in part and prophecy in part" (1 Cor 13:9), so I confess that my understanding may be in error on some of what is stated above. There is room for Christians to disagree in matters of Reformed theology, gifts of the Holy Spirit, and eschatology, among other things. Such intramural debates have been a part of Christianity for centuries, and I am not going to say that I have it all figured out! Aside from the fundamentals of the Faith, I am willing to admit that I may be wrong on some of these minor points of Christian doctrine; all I ask is that you also be as sober in your assesment of what you believe as well.


From all of this I have developed a Biblical Worldview, whereby both implicit and explicit Biblical standards govern my interpretation of the world around me. All of my blogs, arguments, and Biblical commentary will stem from these presuppositions. I invite you to a reasonable and cordial discourse over these matters.



Until next time!

Chad