We believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament are verbally
inspired by God and are inerrant in the original writings. Recognizing
that God is effective in his communication to man through the Scriptures,
we use a grammatical/historical interpretation
of the Bible.God also reveals himself through His creation and commands
us to understand his creation and to serve and keep it for His glory.
Because our rational abilities are finite and we are affected by sin, we
must be careful that our interpretation of natural revelation is consistent
with His inspired and written revelation, the Scriptures. Having
taken this position on God's revelation we believe that the universe, solar
system, earth, and life were all created recently
by an omnipotent, omniscient God during six literal 24 hour days, as described
in Genesis Chapters 1 and 2, and as referred to in other Biblical passages.
Our approach to science and origins is based on the presupposition
that our highest and ultimate authority is the unchanging Word of God.
We do not base our position of origins on our current understanding of
the theories of science and mathematics which are subject to change.
On the other hand we do not want to minimize the importance of scientific
laws, such as the laws of motion, laws of thermodynamics, laws of genetics,
laws of probability and statistics, law of cause and effect, etc.
We feel these laws are well established and strongly support our theological
position concerning origins. Studying these laws provides us with
an understanding of how God has worked in His creation and allows us to
be better stewards of that creation. We also feel that God can use
an understanding of origins in the light of scientific laws to prepare
an individual to accept by faith the claims of Christ and the Scriptures.
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