We trust the authority, reliability and truth of canonical Scripture. In humility, we acknowledge we do not fully understand God and the world he made. For that reason we rely on the Bible to be the rule of our faith, teaching us what we do not know, challenging and leading us away from our misconceptions, self deceptions, and convenient ideas about life and God. We don’t choose the parts of the Bible we prefer or want to believe, obey or understand. Instead, we submit to all of Biblical Scripture, believing it reveals the truth that is beyond us, namely Jesus. We believe that Jesus is the Word and embodied expression of God; for that reason, we don’t just obey Scripture, we love it. Like a mirror, it shows us who we really are, and like a window, it opens our lives to the beauty, wonder, and love of the God we long to know.

(Deut 4:10, 2 Sam 7:28, 22:31, Neh 8, Ps 18:30, Proverb 30:5, Is 40:8, Jer 15:16, Matt 4:4, Matt 22:29, Lk 8:21, Lk 11:28, Lk 24:32, Jn 1:1-17, Jn 5:24, Jn 5:39, Jn 8:51, Acts 8:35, Acts 18:11, Rom 3:2, 1 Tim 4:13, 2 Tim 3:16, Col 1:25, Col 3:16, 1 Thess 2:13, Heb 4:12-13, 1 Pet 4:11, 2 Pet 3:16, 1 Jn 2:5, Rev 3:8, Rev 19:9).