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  • The 1689 1.1 “The Necessity of Scripture”

    ByJonathan Homesley

    The 1689 1.1 – The Necessity of Scripture

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    The 1689 Second London Baptist Confession: Of the Holy Scriptures _________________________________________________

    Letter from the Pastor 10/29/2025

     

    Introduction

     

    The first chapter of the Second London Confession pertains to the Holy Scriptures. In all, the confession contains ten separate paragraphs which help us understand the nature, scope, transmission and interpretation of the Scriptures. Let’s begin by reading paragraph one.

    The 1689 Second London Confession of Faith…

  • What is a Baptist? What is the 1689 LCF?

    ByJonathan Homesley

    Introduction

     

    In the last 5 years you’ve likely noticed that we talk more and more about Christian creeds and confessions in our congregation. We have been reciting the Apostle’s Creed weekly for five years in our gathered worship. We also alternate in reciting the Nicene Creed. We’ve taken an entire year to recite an edited version of the Heidelberg Catechism, and more recently, we taught through the seven ecumenical councils and their associated creeds and …

  • Praying for Elders

    ByJonathan Homesley

    This past Sunday I spend a considerable part of my sermon teaching on the Biblical role, qualifications, and Lake Wylie Baptist’s need for elders. In the coming weeks, I’ll be authoring a series of blogs to help teach you more about this crucial need in our church, and how God’s Word teaches us to understand and establish elders in the church. For now, I simply want to recap some of my main thoughts from Sunday’s …