As Lutherans, we believe:
- In a triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
- That the Bible is the inspired word of God.
- That God has given us the Word and the Sacraments as means of bringing about the new birth and sustaining our fellowship with God.
- That this fellowship is maintained and cultivated through the experience of worship.
- That a person’s spiritual welfare is the individual’s responsibility.
- That Christianity is not only a belief but is a commitment to a way of life.
- That life with God is eternal.
God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
We believe that all people are imperfect and are saved (made right with God) by God’s grace and God’s grace alone, through Christ. There is no special prayer you need to pray, no special state of mind you need to achieve and no good deed you need to perform. We believe that through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, God became one of us and took upon himself the sin and suffering of all the world. God did this to demonstrate God’s love for us. We believe that we receive the gift of grace by faith alone on account of Christ. We live in the tension of still being sinful but trusting that we are forgiven and that God is at work in us. The gift of grace expresses God’s unconditional love, and in response to that love we are set free to live gratefully and lovingly.
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