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Scripture: necessity: Scripture is necessary because general revelation cannot give saving knowledge; God committed his saving revelation to writing for the church's preservation and comfort.
Scripture: authority: Scripture's authority rests wholly on God its author; the Spirit persuades us by and with the Word. External evidences help, but God's authorship is decisive.
Perspicuity: Not all Scripture is equally plain, but what is necessary for salvation is clear enough that the learned and unlearned may understand by ordinary means. Saving understanding still requires the Spirit.
Is God responsible for sin?: God decreed whatsoever comes to pass, including permitting the fall, yet he is not the author of sin and does not violate creaturely will.
Providence: God's most holy, wise, and powerful preserving and governing all creatures and all their actions.
Creation days: God made all things of nothing, by the word of his power, in the space of six days, and all very good. (Not '7 days.')
Image of God: Knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over creatures. Grounds human dignity and the male/female distinction.
Human will: Fallen man cannot will spiritual good; regenerated believers are enabled to will and do what is spiritually good, though not perfectly in this life.
Cult challenge (Mormonism / JW): Mormonism adds false scripture and teaches another god/gospel; Jehovah's Witnesses deny the full deity of Christ and distort the Trinity.