1. What Do You Believe? “The Ologies”

2. What Do YOU Believe?

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4. What Do YOU Believe?

5. “We both believe the same thing!”

6. What Do YOU Believe?

7. A penny for your thoughts – How much money is in the jar?

8. What is your greatest movie of all time?

9. What is the greatest movie?

10. How do you decide what you believe?

11. There is “one faith” that was delivered “once” for “all” people!

12. Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints. Jude 1:3 (ESV)

13. There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all. Ephesians 4:4-6 (NASB)

14. but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, 1 Peter 3:15 (NASB)

15. There is ONE faith (belief) that is right for everyone!

16. Is there a right (and wrong) belief about everything?

17. We ALL BELIEVE in SOMETHING about EVERYTHING!

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19. All Christians have a wrong belief about something! True or False?

20. What Do YOU Believe?

21. There are MANY Religions! There are MANY Religions! There is ONE Faith! There is ONE Faith!

22. All teachings of the Bible can be somewhat difficult.

23. Contradiction Contradiction Paradox Paradox Mystery Mystery

24. Dialectics – “Truths in Tension” Dialectics – “Truths in Tension” Parallel Truths Parallel Truths

25. What Do YOU Believe? Challenge!

26. What is Theology? -------------------- Theos – “God” logos – “word”, “idea”, “logic”

27. What we believe is the most important thing about our life!

28. What we believe – our Theology or doctrine – affects every area of our life, both now and forever!

30. Theology A Foundation for Life A Foundation for Life The Pillars of our Faith The Pillars of our Faith A “Creed” A “Creed”

31. Grace Fellowship Scripture Alone Scripture Alone Grace Alone Grace Alone Faith Alone Faith Alone Christ Alone Christ Alone For God’s Glory Alone For God’s Glory Alone

32. Sources for Theology: -------------------------- 1.Biblical Theology 2.Historical Theology 3.Systematic Theology

33. Theology Proper PaterologyChristologyPneumatologyBibliologySoteriologyEcclesiologyEschatologyAngelogyDemonologyAnthropology

34. Sources of Revelation from God: 1. General Revelation: Internal – Conscience External – Creation 2. Special Revelation: Both Internal & External – Christ – The Word, His Scriptures

35. All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NASB)

36. Concerning him we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the oracles of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food. Hebrews 5:11-12 (NASB)

37. The more we know of God, the more unreservedly we will trust him; the greater our progress in theology, the simpler and more childlike will be our faith. J. G. Machen

38. Faith is to believe what we do not see; and the reward of this faith is to see what we believe. Augustine

39. Little faith will bring your soul to heaven, but great faith will bring heaven to your soul. Unknown

40. What Do You Believe? “The Ologies”