My doctrinal and theological convictions have been a journey. I started my adult life pursuing a Bachelor degree in Pastor Studies at North Central Bible College (now North Central University). Life never allowed me to complete this degree and moved me on into business and law. The Lord works through these events. At the time I was part of the Assemblies of God. Over the course of ten years (until the year 2000) the Lord brought me to greater convictions and doctrinal understanding. I moved away from the Charismatic/Pentecostal world into the Baptist world. I moved from an Arminian system of belief into being a 5-point Calvinist. From a Dispensational system of theology into a Covenant system of theology.
For the past ten years I have held to the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith as the confession that best summarizes my system of doctrine. However, for the past two years I have found that I am leaning more and more toward a Presbyterian view of the world. The 1689 Confession was largely based on the Westminster Confession of Faith (Presbyterian) with some minor changes.
Logic and reason demands that we hold to something so we can test and validate the truth against it. We need propositions and hypothesis to make claims we can validate. As I journey through seminary I am holding my hypothesis around the specific elements of the Westminster Confession to test each element for validity. My goal is to have a more solid understanding of my own doctrinal convictions and differences from a stated confession.
My views in general:
- 5 point Calvinist
- Covenant theology
Unresolved matters:
- Eschatology – I am not a Dispensationalist nor a Postmillenialist. Right now I walk a fine-line between Historic Premillenial and an Amillenial view of end times.
