The Reformers believed God is jealous for His glory and protective of His people. He regulates worship because false worship harms the soul.  Read More

The Reformers believed the church's job is proclamation, not production. The church guards what has been delivered, and does not manufacture new truth.  Read More

The Reformers did not despise tradition. They simply refused to grant it the final say.  Read More

The Reformers believed God spoke to be understood. They insisted the Bible must be in the people’s language so the church can read it, hear it preached, and be shaped by it.  Read More

To the Reformers, the preservation of Scripture is the proof that God intended His Word to remain the living rule of the Church until the end of time.  Read More

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