I believe that the people, places, and events of the Bible are real. I have read the accounts of those people, and believe that the God they spoke of is real, including all that he said and did, and promised to do. I believe the accounts spoken and written down about the man Jesus, who was called the Christ, the Messiah. I believe that the claims he made of himself were true, that he is the Son of God, who was and is and is to come. I believe that he was slain in my place, that he was executed for my transgressions. I believe the account of those who saw him raised from the dead, in physical form that they could touch, feel, and talk to. I believe that just as he was raised from the dead, so I will have new life through my faith in him. I believe this new and eternal life is a gift, freely given, and is not from any worthiness on my part. I believe I do not deserve it, and that no one does. But I believe it was offered freely, and I have freely accepted it, in faith.
I believe that humanity has been holding the burning coal of the knowledge of Good and Evil in its hands, ever since Adam and Eve ate of the fruit of the tree of the same. I believe all of our struggles as humans stem entirely from that event, and everything we do can be cast in the light of our attempts as humans to deal with that knowledge, whether to bury it, to put it back, to try and absorb it unto ourselves, to try to pass it on to get rid of it or at least share the burning pain, or to just wither under it. I believe the only way to deal with this knowledge and its resulting condemnation of ourselves is to ask for forgiveness from the God who made us, and accept his offered sacrifice of his only begotten Son, Jesus the Messiah, to account for that condemnation.
I believe heaven will be literally greater than I can possibly imagine. I believe that I will be counted worthy of entering into God's glory there, not from my own merit but from him whose blood covers my iniquity.
I believe when Jesus said on the cross that it was finished, I believe he meant it. I believe that the Gospel, the good news of human salvation and restoration to God through the death and resurrection of Jesus was complete and perfect the day the curtain to the Holy of Holies was ripped, and when he walked out of the tomb on the third day. I believe that our attempts to enhance and improve upon the Gospel are far more likely to be a regression back to the pagan heritage of our culture, than to be progressive advances in our spiritual maturity.
Therefore, I believe that our civilization is not advancing to a Utopian climax, but is only reflecting the seeds of its character, in proportion to its size. As humanity grows, so we see the fruits of those seeds clearer, but their character has not changed. I believe that at the right moment, God will remove the good fruit from the earth, and destroy what is left. I believe that this judgement is for God to perform, and not our place as humans, in this age, except within ourselves against the evil fruit in our own lives. Yet, I believe that wherever possible, and with whatever strength is given to us, we should defend those around us from the evil of this world.
I believe that Israel has been reconstituted according to God's will and is fulfilling the Biblical prophecies made about that nation. I believe that the Biblically prophesied war of Gog and Magog may happen within my lifetime, and that the nations and alliances of that war are almost all nearly in place. I believe that my country, the United States of America, has created a government founded on Biblical principles in a way unlike any other in history since the ancient nation of Israel, and like that nation it will not achieve the perfection it seeks until Christ reigns on the throne.
