Unpacking “No Creed but the Bible”

Unpacking “No Creed but the Bible”

A helpful and insightful article about the place and utility of creeds and confessions in the Christian life.

First, we all need to acknowledge that no Christian has no creed but the Bible in a comprehensive and exhaustive sense. To understand why, one need only reflect on the fact that nobody simply believes the Bible. All Christians, from the greatest biblical scholar to the humblest new believer, believe the Bible means something. We know this because no preacher merely reads the Bible from the pulpit. He expounds it and applies it to the congregation. And no Christian witnessing to friends or neighbors simply gives them the Bible; they also offer to explain to them how the Bible should be understood. And what we think the Bible means is our creed and confession, whether we write it down or not.