This belief has raised many questions over the years, but it is still quite widespread. A recent email for clarification promoted me to look again at this idea. A number of different texts are given in support, particularly:

“I give them eternal life, and they shall never die. No one can snatch them away from me. John 10:28 TEV.

That’s how I see what we are doing. We are not static, this is a movement—going places! That’s the problem with creeds—defining in such a way that progress becomes more difficult. The cry “Our only creed is the Bible!” has been essentially lost. While the urge to write down beliefs—that’s what the Latin word that we use for “creed” actually means, “I believe”—is understandable, the problem is that we then become content and satisfied in those statements, rather than the living faith. Jesus promised the Holy Spirit to lead us into all truth. Truth is ever-expanding, a progressive development that only works if we are open. If our formulas we have so carefully crafted end up closing our minds, then how does God continue to work with us?

So as the church progressing, we see ourselves on a journey, a voyage of discovery, an exploration. We do not “have” all truth (how could we ever be so arrogant to make such a claim!), yet what we have discovered makes such good sense. We follow where that path leads, because we believe it is to God and with God. Come and join us for the journey!