Introduction We're in that part of the Nicene Creed which is about the Lord Jesus Christ who is God the Son, the second person of the Blessed Trinity. And last week we were thinking about how he is the Lord, which means he is God. And he is Jesus, which means 'the Lord saves'. And … Continue reading The Only-Begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all ages →

Introduction We're working our way through the Nicene Creed and we've finished the first part where we confess our faith in one God, the Father Almighty, the maker of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible. When we say the Creed, we're confessing and proclaiming that there's only one God and not … Continue reading One Lord Jesus Christ →

Introduction Last week we spent our time on the first line of the Nicene Creed, where we confess our faith in one God, the Father Almighty. We thought about how there's only one God and not many gods. And we thought about how he's the Father. But since the word 'Father' is relational and always … Continue reading Maker of heaven and earth →

Introduction We began a series on the Nicene Creed last Wednesday when we thought a little about the historical background to the Creed. I also explained that creeds are biblical in two senses. Firstly, the Bible contains creed-like statements and Paul refers in 2 Timothy to a pattern of sound teaching which was entrusted to … Continue reading One God, the Father Almighty →

I made use of Reformed Catholicity by Michael Allen and Scott R. Swain and 'Confession and Confessions' in Confessing God: Essays in Christian Dogmatics II by John Webster. Historical background We're beginning a series on the Nicene Creed this evening. The Council of Nicaea met 1700 years ago in 325 AD and produced the Creed … Continue reading Introduction to the Nicene Creed →