Start with the doctrine or question
Find what Scripture establishes.
Choose the subject in front of you. Begin with its strongest passages, then follow an ordered path until the biblical case is clear.
God
God’s identity, attributes, acts, and self-revelation.
Oneness of God
The Bible’s repeated confession that the LORD is one, alone is God, and has no divine equal.
Jesus Christ
The deity, genuine humanity, saving work, offices, and revealed identity of Jesus Christ.
Deity of Jesus
Passages identifying Jesus as God revealed in flesh, Creator, Savior, Lord, and the visible image of the invisible God.
Humanity of Jesus
The real human life, growth, will, suffering, mediation, and obedience of the incarnate Son.
Father
God as Father, including the Father dwelling in and working through the Son.
Son
The Son of God as the holy child born through incarnation, the genuine man Christ Jesus, and God’s revelation in humanity.
Father and Son
Biblical distinctions between God as eternal Spirit and the incarnate Son without dividing God into separate divine beings.
Holy Ghost
God’s Spirit promised, poured out, dwelling in believers, empowering witness, and producing holy life.
The Word
God’s own self-expression, reason, creative utterance, and revelation made flesh in Jesus Christ.
Incarnation
The one God coming in genuine humanity: the Word made flesh and God manifested in the flesh.
Name of God
The biblical movement from God’s covenant name to the saving and revealed name of Jesus.
Jesus’ Name
The authority, salvation, worship, baptism, and action attached to the name of Jesus Christ.
Salvation
God’s saving grace received through faith, repentance, new birth, and obedient response to the gospel.
Repentance
Turning from sin toward God with a changed mind, grief that produces change, and a new direction.
Water Baptism
Burial with Christ in water, remission of sins, appeal to God, and the apostolic practice of baptism.
Holy Ghost Baptism
The promised gift of the Holy Ghost received by believers and evidenced in Acts.
Tongues
Speaking with other tongues as the initial outward sign accompanying Spirit reception in Acts, distinguished from the congregational gift.
New Birth
Jesus’ command to be born of water and Spirit and the apostolic proclamation of that response.
Faith
Living trust in God that receives grace, confesses Christ, obeys the gospel, and produces works.
Grace
God’s unearned saving action that forgives, transforms, teaches holiness, and empowers obedience.
Faith and Obedience
The biblical union of faith and responsive obedience, without treating human action as the source of saving merit.
Gospel
The death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ and the believer’s response to that saving event.
Resurrection
Christ raised from the dead, the source of new life, future hope, judgment, and victory.
Right Hand of God
Biblical right-hand language as exaltation, authority, victory, and divine power rather than a second physical throne beside God.
Holiness
Separation from sin and consecration to God in inward character, body, conduct, and visible life.
Church
The redeemed body of Christ, its unity, mission, worship, ministry, and shared life.
Prayer
Communion with God, petition, intercession, worship, and the prayers of Jesus in His genuine humanity.
Christian Living
Spirit-led conduct, discipleship, love, worship, witness, stewardship, and life in Christ.
Common Objections
Calm, Scripture-first answers to common questions about Oneness, salvation, baptism, and the Holy Ghost.