Hope Presbyterian Church In Winston-salem Sermons

Series: The Apostles' CreedScripture: Isaiah 44:6; Mark 1:14-15; John 20:30-31; 2 Timothy 1:12b “The Gospel does not become public truth for a society by being propagated as a theory or as a worldview and certainly not as a religion. It can become public truth only insofar as it is embodied in a society (the church) which is both “abiding in” Christ and engaged in the life of the world.” Lesslie Newbigin, Proper Confidence, 39. “Every Sunday millions of Christians recite the creed. Some sleepwalk through it thinking of other things, some puzzle over the strange language, some find offense in what it seems to say.  Perhaps few of them fully appreciate what a remarkable thing they are doing. Would they keep doing it if they grasped how different it made them in today’s world? Would they keep on saying these words if they really knew what they implied? In a world that celebrates individuality, they are actually doing something together. In an age that avoids commitment, they pledge themselves to a set of convict