Over nine weeks we are going to be exploring one of the ancient creeds of the Christian church, the Apostle’s Creed. These words are vitally important because they connect modern Christians to our ancient heritage. Sometimes it’s said that the creed is a summary of everything Christians believe in. This isn’t quite right, as there are lots of really important things missing in the creed. For example, the creed doesn’t say anything about what it means to be justified by faith in Jesus Christ. This was something that was hugely important at the time of the Reformation and divided the church. So it’s not quite right to say that the creed explains everything we believe in.
The Apostle’s Creed is more concerned in stating who we believe in rather than what we believe. This creed has a very Trinitarian shape. It articulates the God who Christians have worshipped throughout the ages as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
This will be an important series for us as a church because our story is rooted into the story of God as we hear it in the words of the Apostle’s Creed.
These sermons will be slightly different in style from our regular sermons, and that’s ok as we need a wide-ranging diet of sermons at church. Most of the time we work through a book of the Bible section by section (e.g. our recent series in Acts) and from time to time we also preach on topical issues that our culture is already talking about. Sometimes we have a series like this one that is more doctrinal in nature, that is trying to teach Christian theology and say why it’s important. Each sermon in this series will focus on a line of the Apostle’s Creed and will seek to explain both what it means and also why it’s important.
15.03.20 Introduction to the creed
22.03.20 We believe in God the Father
29.03.20 We believe in God the creator
05.04.20 We believe in Jesus’ humanity
10.04.20 GOOD FRIDAY We believe in Jesus’ suffering
12.04.20 EASTER DAY We believe in Jesus’ resurrection
19.04.20 We believe in judgement
26.04.20 We believe in the Holy Spirit
03.05.20 We believe in the transformed life