Statements of Belief

Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question:

"Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."
Matthew 22:34-40 NIV

Loving God with all we can offer (), and loving others the way we love ourselves (), summarizes all of scripture according to Christ. This, then, was and is the running belief statement for the Son of God, through which He passed all his ministry, thought and speech about the Kingdom. What follows are significant theological subjects which, when understood through the same, tandem filters of love of God and love of others, shape what we believe and how we seek to live as a community of Christ followers. The Biblical references provided by no means exhaustively prove any point or settle any discussions.