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Goddard Hall
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Beliefs on file135 positions
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Salvation9 positions
- Assurance Of Salvation PossibleStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithA believer can have a settled present assurance that they are saved.Estimated, not verified
- Atonement Heals Human Nature TheosisStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithThe atonement's deepest purpose is to heal and divinize human nature (joining humanity to God), more than to settle a legal account.Estimated, not verified
- Humans Can Choose God UnaidedStrongly rejectsFrom their statement of faithHuman beings retain, even after the fall, a natural ability to take the first step toward God or to choose salvation without prior special grace.Estimated, not verified
- Lost Salvation Can Be RegainedStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithSomeone who has fallen from grace can repent and be restored to salvation.Estimated, not verified
The Church13 positions
- Church Is ApostolicStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithThe church is apostolic: it must stand in genuine continuity with the apostles' teaching and mission.Estimated, not verified
- Church Is Body Of ChristStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithThe church is the mystical Body of Christ, organically united to him as its head.Estimated, not verified
- Church Is Catholic UniversalStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithThe church is catholic (universal): the whole company of Christ's people across all times and places, not confined to one nation, culture, or congregation.Estimated, not verified
- Church Is Divinely InstitutedStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithThe church is a divine institution founded by Christ, not merely a voluntary human association of like-minded believers.Estimated, not verified
Sacraments & ordinances43 positions
- Baptism Affusion ValidStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithBaptism by pouring water over the head (affusion) is a fully valid mode.Estimated, not verified
- Baptism Aspersion ValidStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithBaptism by sprinkling (aspersion) is a fully valid mode.Estimated, not verified
- Baptism Mode Immersion RequiredStrongly rejectsFrom their statement of faithValid baptism requires full immersion of the body in water.Estimated, not verified
- Baptism Mode IndifferentStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithThe mode of baptism (immersion, pouring, or sprinkling) is a matter of indifference and does not affect validity.Estimated, not verified
Covenant Law Israel70 positions
- Abrahamic Covenant Foundational And OngoingNo firm positionFrom their statement of faithThe Abrahamic covenant is foundational and its promises remain operative for the people of God today.Estimated, not verified
- Baptism Replaces Circumcision Covenant SignStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithBaptism is the New Covenant counterpart to circumcision, marking entrance into the covenant community.Estimated, not verified
- Believers No Longer Under Laws CondemnationNo firm positionFrom their statement of faithBelievers are entirely free from the law's condemning function but remain under its directing function.Estimated, not verified
- Ceremonial Law Fulfilled And AbrogatedNo firm positionFrom their statement of faithThe ceremonial/cultic laws (sacrifices, dietary rules, festivals, purity codes) are fulfilled in Christ and no longer binding.Estimated, not verified
- Christians Obligated To Keep DecalogueStrongly rejectsFrom their statement of faithChristians are positively obligated to keep the Ten Commandments as a covenant rule.Estimated, not verified
- Church Is True Israel SupersessionStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithThe church is the true and continuing Israel, having inherited the covenant promises so that ethnic/national Israel has no distinct remaining covenant role.Estimated, not verified
- Civil Government Should Enforce Mosaic LawStrongly rejectsFrom their statement of faithCivil governments today are obligated to enforce the moral and judicial laws of Moses, including their penal sanctions.Estimated, not verified
- Civil Judicial Laws Expired With IsraelNo firm positionFrom their statement of faithThe civil/judicial laws of Israel expired with the Old Testament nation and do not bind modern states except as their general equity informs justice.Estimated, not verified
- Continuity Default Unless RevokedStrongly rejectsFrom their statement of faithOld Testament commands remain binding unless the New Testament clearly revokes or modifies them.Estimated, not verified
- Covenant Conditional Can Be Broken By MembersStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithMembers can break the covenant and forfeit covenant standing through unbelief or disobedience.Estimated, not verified
- Covenant Of Redemption Pactum SalutisNo firm positionFrom their statement of faithBefore creation, the persons of the Trinity entered an eternal covenant of redemption (pactum salutis) in which the Son agreed to redeem the elect.Estimated, not verified
- Covenant Of Works With AdamNo firm positionFrom their statement of faithGod established a pre-fall covenant of works (or "covenant of life") with Adam, conditioned on his obedience, such that Adam acted as a federal representative of humanity.Estimated, not verified
- Covenant Signs Discontinued No Physical SignStrongly rejectsFrom their statement of faithThe New Covenant community is constituted by faith alone with no required physical entrance sign tied to covenant membership of households.Estimated, not verified
- Cultural Transformation Christianize SocietyStrongly rejectsFrom their statement of faithThe church's mission includes progressively bringing every sphere of society under the lordship of Christ and biblical law.Estimated, not verified
- Davidic Covenant Fulfilled In Christ Reign NowStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithThe Davidic covenant is being fulfilled now in Christ's present heavenly reign, not only in a future earthly throne in Jerusalem.Estimated, not verified
- Dietary Food Laws No Longer BindingStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithThe Old Testament clean/unclean food laws are no longer binding, and all foods are permitted.Estimated, not verified
- Discontinuity Default Unless RepeatedStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithOld Testament commands are NOT binding on Christians unless they are repeated or affirmed in the New Testament.Estimated, not verified
- Distinct Economies DispensationsNo firm positionFrom their statement of faithHistory is divided into distinct dispensations in which God administers His dealings with humanity under different stewardship arrangements.Estimated, not verified
- Dual Covenant Jews Saved Apart From ChristStrongly rejectsFrom their statement of faithJewish people remain in a valid saving covenant through the Mosaic/Abrahamic covenant and need not come to faith in Jesus to be saved.Estimated, not verified
- Feasts Festivals Still To Be KeptStrongly rejectsFrom their statement of faithThe biblical festivals (Passover, Pentecost, Tabernacles, etc.) should still be observed by believers.Estimated, not verified
- Federal Headship Adam ChristNo firm positionFrom their statement of faithHumanity is organized under two federal heads, Adam and Christ, whose representative acts are imputed to those they represent.Estimated, not verified
- Fourth Commandment Morally PerpetualStrongly rejectsFrom their statement of faithThe Sabbath commandment is part of the perpetual moral law, requiring a weekly day of rest and worship for all believers.Estimated, not verified
- Full Torah Observance For BelieversStrongly rejectsFrom their statement of faithFollowers of Jesus, at least those of Jewish background, should continue to observe the full Torah (dietary law, festivals, Sabbath, circumcision).Estimated, not verified
- Future Mass Conversion Of Ethnic IsraelStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithThere will be a future large-scale turning of ethnic Israel to Christ before the end ("all Israel will be saved").Estimated, not verified
- Future Temple With Memorial SacrificesStrongly rejectsFrom their statement of faithA future earthly temple with a (memorial) sacrificial system will be established in a coming kingdom age.Estimated, not verified
- Gentile Believers Free From TorahStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithGentile believers were never placed under the Mosaic law and are free from its specific obligations.Estimated, not verified
- Giving Is Freewill Not LawStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithNew Testament giving is freewill, proportional, and cheerful, not a legally fixed percentage carried over from the Mosaic tithe.Estimated, not verified
- Gospel Contains No CommandsNo firm positionFrom their statement of faithThe gospel, properly defined, contains no commands or conditions; it is pure promise, and any imperative belongs to the category of law.Estimated, not verified
- Grace Frees From All Law KeepingStrongly rejectsFrom their statement of faithBecause salvation is entirely by grace, the Christian is under no law and obedience to commands plays no necessary role in the believer's life.Estimated, not verified
- Infants Of Believers In The CovenantStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithThe children of believers are included in the covenant community and are proper recipients of the covenant sign.Estimated, not verified
- Land Promise Already Fulfilled In Joshua SolomonStrongly rejectsFrom their statement of faithThe land promise was already substantially fulfilled in Israel's history (e.g., under Joshua/Solomon) and carries no outstanding future territorial obligation.Estimated, not verified
- Land Promise Literal To Ethnic IsraelStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithThe Old Testament land promises will be fulfilled literally to ethnic Israel in a specific territory.Estimated, not verified
- Land Promise Typological Fulfilled In ChristStrongly rejectsFrom their statement of faithThe land promises are typological, fulfilled and expanded in Christ and ultimately in the new creation / whole renewed earth, rather than a parcel of Middle Eastern territory.Estimated, not verified
- Law And Gospel Both In Both TestamentsNo firm positionFrom their statement of faithBoth law and gospel are present throughout both Testaments, not confined to Old (law) and New (gospel) respectively.Estimated, not verified
- Law And Grace Are Opposing PrinciplesNo firm positionFrom their statement of faithLaw and grace function as fundamentally opposing principles, such that the age of law and the age of grace operate under different governing arrangements.Estimated, not verified
- Law Of Christ Replaces Mosaic NormStrongly rejectsFrom their statement of faithThe believer's rule of life is the "law of Christ" (the ethical teaching of Jesus and the apostles), which is the proper standard rather than the Mosaic code.Estimated, not verified
- Law Primarily Drives To ChristNo firm positionFrom their statement of faithThe chief purpose of God's law is to expose sin and drive sinners to Christ for grace, rather than to provide a pattern for living.Estimated, not verified
- Levitical Sacrifices Permanently EndedStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithThe Levitical sacrificial system has been permanently ended and fulfilled by the once-for-all sacrifice of Christ.Estimated, not verified
- Modern State Of Israel Prophetic SignificanceStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithThe 1948 founding of the modern State of Israel has direct biblical-prophetic significance as a fulfillment of restoration promises.Estimated, not verified
- Moral Law Summarized In Decalogue PerpetualNo firm positionFrom their statement of faithThe moral law, summarized in the Ten Commandments, is perpetually binding on all people in all eras.Estimated, not verified
- Mosaic Covenant Was Gracious AdministrationStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithThe Mosaic covenant was itself a gracious administration of the one covenant of grace, not a covenant of works for life.Estimated, not verified
- Mosaic Law As Unit AbrogatedStrongly rejectsFrom their statement of faithThe Mosaic law, taken as a single covenantal package, has been entirely abrogated for Christians, who are not "under the law" in any of its parts as Mosaic legislation.Estimated, not verified
- Natural Law Universally BindingStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithA natural moral law, knowable by reason and binding on all people, underlies and confirms the moral content of God's revealed law.Estimated, not verified
- New Covenant Already InauguratedNo firm positionFrom their statement of faithThe New Covenant prophesied by Jeremiah has already been inaugurated by Christ and is in force for the church now.Estimated, not verified
- New Covenant Better And UnbreakableStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithThe New Covenant is qualitatively superior to and structurally different from the old, securing what the old could not (internalized law, guaranteed forgiveness, an unbreakable bond).Estimated, not verified
- New Covenant Membership Only RegenerateStrongly rejectsFrom their statement of faithMembership in the New Covenant consists only of regenerate, believing persons, with no "mixed" covenant community including unbelieving members.Estimated, not verified
- New Covenant Theology Christ As New LawgiverNo firm positionFrom their statement of faithChrist is the new lawgiver whose teaching (the "law of Christ") replaces the Mosaic law as the believer's direct rule of life, rather than merely re-applying it.Estimated, not verified
- Noahic Covenant Basis For Common GraceStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithThe Noahic covenant grounds God's ongoing preservation of creation and a sphere of common grace/common order for all humanity.Estimated, not verified
- Obedience Necessary Evidence Of FaithStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithOngoing obedience to God's commands is the necessary evidence and fruit of genuine saving faith.Estimated, not verified
- One Overarching Covenant Of GraceNo firm positionFrom their statement of faithScripture unfolds a single, unified covenant of grace administered differently across redemptive history, so that Old and New Testament believers are saved in fundamentally the same way.Estimated, not verified
- One People Of God With RemnantStrongly rejectsFrom their statement of faithThere is one people of God across the ages; believing Israel and believing Gentiles form a single olive tree, with a believing Jewish remnant rather than two separate peoples.Estimated, not verified
- Ot God And Nt God Same ContinuityStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithThe God and Scriptures of the Old Testament are fully continuous and authoritative for Christians, not a lower or superseded revelation to be set aside.Estimated, not verified
- Pedagogical First Use Civic RestraintNo firm positionFrom their statement of faithThe law serves a civil/political use to restrain evil and preserve order in society generally, apart from salvation.Estimated, not verified
- Permanent Distinction Israel And ChurchStrongly rejectsFrom their statement of faithIsrael and the church are two distinct peoples of God with distinct programs and promises that are never merged.Estimated, not verified
- Physical Circumcision Still RequiredStrongly rejectsFrom their statement of faithPhysical circumcision remains a required covenant obligation for the people of God (or at least for Jewish believers).Estimated, not verified
- Progressive Covenantalism Kingdom Through CovenantNo firm positionFrom their statement of faithThe biblical covenants find their telos in Christ and the new-covenant community, so that no single prior covenant (neither a "covenant of grace" construct nor distinct dispensations) is the right organizing key.Estimated, not verified
- Progressive Unfolding Of One PlanNo firm positionFrom their statement of faithThe biblical covenants (Noahic, Abrahamic, Mosaic, Davidic, New) progressively reveal and advance one connected divine plan that culminates in Christ.Estimated, not verified
- Restoration Of National Israel KingdomStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithGod will yet restore national Israel and fulfill the kingdom promises to her in a literal, future earthly form.Estimated, not verified
- Sabbath Abrogated No Special DayStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithThe Sabbath as a binding command has been abrogated, and no particular day is now divinely required, though the church may freely gather on the Lord's Day.Estimated, not verified
- Sabbath Transferred To Lords Day SundayStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithThe Sabbath obligation has been transferred to the first day of the week (the Lord's Day / Sunday) in commemoration of the resurrection.Estimated, not verified
- Sermon On Mount Intensifies Law For NowStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithJesus' Sermon on the Mount intensifies and applies God's moral law as a present rule for His disciples (not merely a future-kingdom ethic).Estimated, not verified
- Seven Dispensations SchemeNo firm positionFrom their statement of faithA specific multi-dispensation scheme (e.g., Innocence, Conscience, Human Government, Promise, Law, Grace/Church, Kingdom) accurately maps God's historical economies.Estimated, not verified
- Seventh Day Saturday Still BindingStrongly rejectsFrom their statement of faithThe seventh-day (Saturday) Sabbath remains the divinely appointed day of rest and was never legitimately changed to Sunday.Estimated, not verified
- Sharp Law Gospel DistinctionNo firm positionFrom their statement of faithRightly dividing law from gospel (law as God's demand that condemns, gospel as God's gift that saves) is the central key to reading Scripture correctly.Estimated, not verified
- Storehouse Tithing To Local ChurchStrongly rejectsFrom their statement of faithThe tithe should be brought to the local church as the "storehouse," and withholding it robs God.Estimated, not verified
- Strict Sabbath Rest From RecreationStrongly rejectsFrom their statement of faithProper Sabbath/Lord's Day observance forbids ordinary work and worldly recreation, devoting the whole day to worship and rest.Estimated, not verified
- Sunday Observance Freely Chosen Not CommandedStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithChristian Sunday worship is a wise and apostolic custom but rests on freedom rather than on a binding fourth-commandment requirement.Estimated, not verified
- Threefold Division Moral Civil CeremonialNo firm positionFrom their statement of faithThe Mosaic law is rightly divided into moral, civil (judicial), and ceremonial categories, which have different applicability today.Estimated, not verified
- Tithe Binding Ten PercentStrongly rejectsFrom their statement of faithChristians are obligated to give a tithe (a tenth) of their income as a continuing biblical requirement.Estimated, not verified
- Two Kingdoms Church And Civil DistinctStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithGod governs through two distinct kingdoms: the spiritual (church/gospel) and the civil (state/law/reason), which should not be collapsed into one another.Estimated, not verified
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