Confessing the Faith to Contemplate God
Steve Meister has served as pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church in Sacramento, CA since 2014. Along with preaching and teaching, he also co-chairs the Sacramento Gospel Conference and serves on the boards of Bible Translation Fellowship and Cornerstone Christian School.
After more than 20 years of ministry and teaching, in the US and abroad, Steve wants to encourage Christians to recover what we confess about God (2LCF 2), finding there all our comfort in Him and courage to proclaim His excellencies.
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I joined Broken Wharfe to discuss the rule of faith, creeds, and why you should never read the Bible like it just fell from the sky. We discuss my article, “Does the Church Need the Creeds?” Listen on Apple or Spotify or watch at Broken Wharfe.
This article reviews James Renihan’s To the Judicious and Impartial Reader, a commentary on the Second London Confession of Faith (“1689). Most popular works on 2LCF seemed to ignore the Confession’s own wording and instead used its framework as an outline for their own theology. Treatments of the Confession’s language, …
I gave this sermon at 2025 SCRBPC on Matthew 7:13-27, “Justification According to Jesus.” Many have heard this text preached as if Jesus says assurance comes by our works. But He’s actually warning us about such teachings.