Glimpses #214: Rediscovering the Apostle's Creed
Format: 4-page bulletin insert
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Product Description: Some Christians ask, "Why do we need creeds when we have the Bible?" If the Word of God comes down to us through the Bible, why do we need anything else? The answer is found in Scripture itself. In I Corinthians 15:1-4, Paul writes: "Now I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in which also you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you,..."
This quote is from one of the earliest epistles, written about AD 57, before many other New Testament books had been written and long before the New Testament canon was finally settled. If the New Testament as a whole did not exist when Paul wrote his letter, what "gospel" is he talking about? Apparently he had preached to them some standard summary of the Christian message, a message he had "received" just as they in turn "received it."
