
“Many of our traditions have for a long time feared nothing quite so much as dead orthodoxy, lifeless spirituality, and ineffective religion. We’ve been convinced that what matters most is for our churches and ministries to get as many people as possible to believe as quickly as possible, and for individual believers to take responsibility for their “personal relationship with God” (rarely if ever stopping to consider what such language actually means). We’ve acted as if slow, deep catechesis is not terribly important, much less essential, in the discipleship process. And insofar as we give any attention to doctrine and theological formation at all, we’ve tended to focus on the distinctive teachings of our movement or denomination. Now, due as much to our successes as our failures, we are threatened not by nominal Christianities but by false ones. This comes particularly clear in what we say and think, explicitly and implicitly, directly and indirectly, about God. David Bentley Hart’s diagnosis is right on point: our very concept of God has become “thoroughly impoverished, thoroughly mythical.”
—Chris E. W. Green (Surprised by God: How and Why What We Think about the Divine Matters)
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The Apostles’ Creed: “Amen”
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The Apostles’ Creed: “And the Life Everlasting”
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The Apostles’ Creed: “The Resurrection of the Body”
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The Apostles’ Creed: “The Forgiveness of Sins”
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The Apostles’ Creed: “The Holy Catholic Church”
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The Apostles’ Creed: “I Believe in the Holy Spirit”
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The Apostles’ Creed: “He Will Come Again”
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The Apostles’ Creed: “He Ascended into Heaven”
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The Apostles’ Creed: “The Third Day He Rose Again”
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The Apostles’ Creed: “Was Crucified, Died, Descended into Hell”
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The Apostles’ Creed: “He Suffered Under Pontius Pilate”
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The Apostles’ Creed: “Born of the Virgin, Mary”
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The Apostles’ Creed: “I Believe in Jesus” 2
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The Apostles’ Creed: “I Believe in Jesus”
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The Apostles’ Creed: “Maker of Heaven and Earth”
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The Apostles’ Creed: “God, the Father”
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The Apostles’ Creed: “I Believe”
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The Apostles’ Creed: Intro