The Reformers read the Bible as one story with one Author. They refused to split God in two, as if the Old Testament revealed a harsher deity and the New a kinder one.  Read More

The Reformers insisted that the canon is not a list of books the church chose, but a defined deposit from God that the church simply recognized and received.  Read More

The Reformers taught that while the Bible has its depths, the message of the Gospel is presented at a level where any hungry soul can reach it.  Read More

The Reformed confessions remind us that we do not need to supplement God’s voice with shifting human philosophies to find the way of life. When God spoke, He spoke completely.  Read More

The Reformed confessions teach that Scripture is trustworthy because God is trustworthy. God does not misspeak. What God says is true, is true.  Read More

The Reformed confessions teach that the Spirit brings understanding to Scripture, not by adding new words, but by opening hearts to receive God’s Word. Scripture is complete. The Spirit’s role is to convince, illuminate, and confirm, not to innovate.  Read More

The Reformers did not teach that the Bible becomes God’s Word when the church approves it. The church receives Scripture because God has already spoken.  Read More

The Reformers believed men may counsel, but they may not rule where God has not ruled. Scripture binds the conscience because God made the conscience, and God alone has the right to command it, not church, council, or tradition.  Read More

Taken together, the confessions teach that the Bible is not a collection of pious opinions about God. It is God’s own Word given through human writers by the Holy Spirit, and therefore to be received as divine.  Read More

The Reformed confessions insist that the Bible’s authority rests entirely on God, who speaks in Scripture, not on any church’s approval. Therefore councils and traditions must be tested by Scripture, and faithful preaching carries authority only as it truly delivers God’s written Word.  Read More

The Reformers insisted that nature can humble and convict, but only Scripture reveals God’s will for salvation and preserves the church in the truth.  Read More

The Reformers insisted that before we can rightly know God’s will, worship Him faithfully, or obey Him rightly, we must hear Him speak.  Read More