1.
God is real
(whether we acknowledge
Him or not).
2. He has revealed Himself.
This
is why we call the most printed, most read and most ignored book
in history "God's Word." In its pages we find much more
than stunningly accurate ancient history; much more than deeply
moving poetry; much more than a moral code or the foundations
of Western jurisprudence... we find our Creator, Provider, Lawgiver,
Judge, King, Savior and Friend - Jesus.
Despite
the protests of The Jesus Seminar, Islam and
The Later Day Saints, we have become convinced that the
the 66 books of the Old and New Testements have been accurately
translated and transmited down through the generations. Far from
wishful thinking, mindless clinging or fear of a meaningless cosmos,
ours is a rigorous conviction based upon compelling evidence and
experience.
We
agree with Martin Luther, an old law student turned monk, that:
To
those who would pigeon-hole us as 'narrow minded, right-wing,
homophobic, Bible thumpers', we offer this quote: