Exactly. The blueprint of salvation.
Jesus Christ: Crucified, Raised from the dead, a sacrificial lamb God the Father sent as an atonement for my (our) sins.....(of which there are many) ...
....the only hope of redemption for sinners...
Jesus Christ: the atonement for sin and deliverance from guilt.
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As a conservative fundamentalist Christian, it irks me to no end when I read FReepers (not you necessarily) who claim to know the REAL truth because their Church does its services this way, or because its members worship this way..... or wear their clothes that way....
... or because their ministers abstain from sex, or because they don't allow dancing or alcohol.... or because they eat meat on Fridays.
You know what I mean.
The absolutely clear message from the Bible is Jesus Christ: a pathway to reconciliation with God Almighty... the gift of eternal life.
Almost all other stuff (not quite all, but close) is just superfluous and, according to scripture, a "stumbling block" to reconciliation with God.
Which is why I don't too worked up over whether someone goes to a Presbyterian, Catholic, Unitarian, Mennonite (as was my father), Baptist, or yes, Mormon church.
The essential thing is a man's personal relationship with Jesus Christ, dontcha think?
and thats your right I guess.....I'd caution that the body of work in our creeds plays to a fair degree, if merely a profession of faith in the doctrine of the Bible as Christians see it. I think you see a large degree of contentiousness here due largely that a faith group has out stepped those bounds of what "traditional" would characterize itself as, yet remains intent on using the monikker....mormons and unitarians included.
We need to guard our faith and doctrine, remember - the path is narrow
aside, I had opportunity to play a game with a mennonite mentor and friends of mine when I was a free methodist....it was called "mennonite madness"....it was fun fun game - did you by chance ever play it ?