What We Believe #11 – Eternity
3 minute Video version: https://fb.watch/gqQL6S26bt/ Decisions we make in this life affect our eternal existence. Moses earnestly appealed to people, “I have set before you life and death. Now choose life” (Deuteronomy 30:19). Jesus repeatedly called people, “Follow me.” He told us, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6). Our Statement of Faith says: “There will be a bodily resurrection of all people (Acts 24:15). Our Lord Jesus Christ
What We Believe #10 – The Church
3 Minute Video version: https://fb.watch/goRDP-EILa/ Some years back I went with others on a missions tour to Ecuador. We wanted to see what God was doing in his Church. We visited urban churches in the capital city of Quito, and we visited rural churches in the Amazon jungle. We toured some expansive church complexes, and we toured some very simple church structures. We talked with strong leaders, and we talked with quiet leaders. We experienced joyful, Spanish worship in metropolitan Ecuador, and we
What We Believe #9 – Healing
4-Minute Video Version: https://fb.watch/ghI7J9XXdF/ Not many Statements of Faith include a statement about healing. Ours does. Jesus is our Healer. “Provision is made in the redemptive work of the Lord Jesus Christ for the healing of the whole person (Isaiah 53:4-5, Matthew 8:16-17). Prayer for the sick and anointing with oil are taught in the Scriptures (James 5:13-16) as privileges for the Church in this present age (Acts 4:30).” When Jesus died on the cross, he died for us as whole people –
What We Believe #8 – Sanctification
3-Minute Video Version: https://fb.watch/g8mrK3Lkyf/ So you’ve become a Christ follower. You’re being changed from the inside out. “Sanctification” is a big umbrella term that describes this process of becoming like Christ progressively. The Alliance is helpfully updating its Statement of Faith on sanctification, currently: “It is the will of God that through the indwelling Christ (Colossians 1:27) each believer be sanctified wholly (1 Thessalonians 5:23), being separated from sin, fully dedicated to God (Romans 6:13), and filled with the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 5:18), thereby
What We Believe #7 – Salvation
3-Minute Video: https://fb.watch/g5Np_PD_rT/ A hundred years ago, Dr. Claude Barlow served as a medical missionary in Shaoxing, China. A strange disease began killing people, and he couldn’t find a remedy. In search of a cure, he filled his notebook with observations he had witnessed in hundreds of cases. Finally, with a small vial of the germs, he sailed for the United States. Just before he arrived, he injected himself with the deadly disease and hurried to Johns Hopkins University Hospital. He became very sick