Core Curricular Biblical Principles

I. There is truth.
  • Exodus 20:1-17, Deuteronomy 5:6-21 (Ten Commandments)
  • Isaiah 45:19
  • John 14:6
  • Psalm 119:160
  • Psalm 86:11
  • John 8:31-32
  • I John 5:6
  • Ephesians 4:20-24
  • I Timothy 2:3-4
II. All knowledge begins with God.
  • Proverbs 9:10
  • Proverbs 2:6-10
III. God is holy, just, all-powerful, all-knowing, and the sovereign ruler of the universe.
  • I Samuel 2:2
  • Psalm 89:14
  • Revelation 15:3-4
  • Isaiah 43:13
  • Genesis 1 (The Creation of the World)
  • Isaiah 46:9-10
  • Psalm 103:19
  • Matthew 10:29
  • Romans 8:28
IV. Jesus Christ is Lord of all, God’s Word incarnate, and our Redeemer and Mediator.
  • Jesus is King. He rules the universe, His church, heaven, and the world to come.
    • Colossians 2:9-10
    • Matthew 28:18-20
    • John 18:36
    • Ephesians 1:19-22
    • Colossians 1:15-20
  • Jesus is God’s Word in the flesh. He is uniquely both fully divine and completely human.
    • John 1:1-5
    • Galatians 4:4-5
    • John 1:14, 16
    • John 3:16
  • Jesus is our Redeemer and the Mediator between God and man. He lived the perfectly obedient life that human beings cannot attain, fulfilling God’s law for us, and offered up Himself as “the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.”
    • I Timothy 2:5-6
    • II Corinthians 5:21
    • John 1:29, 36
    • Hebrews 9:11-12, 15
    • Acts 4:12
    • Romans 8:34
V. God reveals Himself to us through Scripture.
  • The Bible is the inspired, infallible, and inerrant Word by which we understand God, His created reality, the Fall, salvation, and His will for our lives. The Bible is to be interpreted as a unified whole.
  • God is the author of all Scripture, and through the Holy Spirit directed the thoughts and words of human writers from Moses to John.
  • The Bible is the sole source of doctrine and practice, taking precedence over even reason (which distinguishes human beings from animals). When biblical teachings, such as the triune Diety or Christ’s virgin birth, exceed the limits of human understanding, we bow to biblical revelation and belief in these teachings because they are stated in Scripture.
    • II Timothy 3:16-17
    • II Peter 1:16-23
    • I Thessalonians 2:13
VI. God reveals Himself through His creation.
  • Creation is good and belongs to God.
    • Romans 1:18-20
    • Psalm 19:1
    • Genesis 1:31
    • Deuteronomy 10:14
    • Psalm 24:1-2
    • I Chronicles 29:11–13
    • I Timothy 4:4-5
    • James 1:17-18
  • Mankind is created in God’s image, and is called to rule responsibly over God’s creation.
    • Genesis 1:27
    • Genesis 1:28-29
    • Psalm 8:3-9
VII. Man is by nature sinful, the consequence of which is death.
  • Psalm 14:3
  • Romans 3:23-25
  • Romans 6:23
  • I John 1:8
  • Isaiah 64:6
  • James 1:15
VIII. Man is redeemed by God’s grace through faith in Jesus Christ.
  • Salvation is fully achieved by the suffering, death, and resurrection of God’s one and only Son, Jesus Christ. It is the result of God’s grace, appropriated only through faith, which is a gift from God through the work of the Holy Spirit. It does not depend on anything we do or have done. This teaching is unique to Christianity; virtually all non-Christian religions teach a form of works-oriented righteousness.
    • Ephesians 2:12
    • Ephesians 1:7
    • Ephesians 2:8-9
  • The grace of God is abundant and complete.
    • Romans 8:35-39 11
    • Isaiah 25:8
IX. Christ will come again.
  • John 14:3
  • Hebrews 9:28
  • Matthew 25:31–32, 46
X. Scripture instructs us as to how we should live.
  • We are to keep God’s commandments. (Ten Commandments)
    • John 14:15
  • Each person is to love God above all and one’s neighbor as oneself.
    • Matthew 22:37-40
    • Mark 12:28-34
    • Matthew 7:12
  • We are to trust in God.
    • Proverbs 3:5-6
    • Matthew 6:25, 33
    • Philippians 4:6-7
  • We are to walk in step with the Spirit.
    • Galatians 5:16-18
    • Galatians 5:22-24
  • Children are to honor and obey their parents.
    • Exodus 20:12
    • Deuteronomy 5:16
    • Ephesians 6:1-3
    • Colossians 3:2
  • We are to keep pure hearts and minds, live worthily, and joyfully give thanks to God.
    • Philippians 4:8
    • Micah 6:8
    • Colossians 1:9-14
    • Colossians 3:17
  • Christians are part of the body of Christ, and are to be committed to our relationships within the body of Christ. As God’s people, we are to unite with humility in the truth of the Bible.
    • Galatians 3:26-28
    • Romans 12:5
    • Ephesians 4:1-7
    • John 17:20-23
    • Ephesians 4:11-16
    • Ephesians 2:19-22
    • Philippians 2:1-3
  • Each Christian is called to grow faithfully in Christian maturity by actively attending and participating in a local Christian church community.
    • Hebrews 10:24-25
    • Psalm 122:1
    • Ephesians 4:11-26
    • Psalm 1: 1-3