Institute Minutes

Jesus Christ, the Son of God and Lord, sits at the right hand of the Father and has been placed over every authority and principality.

The Christian hope is more than a personal, future hope, it is a corporate, present hope.

The Lord gives wisdom, and from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

We can grasp what God has for his people when we come to understand who we are in Christ.

Scripture gives us a three component view of reality: God, God's word for creation, and creation.

Paul's purpose when writing about the believer's predestination is to assure us of the deeper background of our redemption and to anchor us in the abiding word of God.

There are no other heirs than those who are found in Christ, Jew and Gentile, we are co-heirs with the Son.

The origin of our salvation is not found in us, but long before our personal commitments to Christ, it is in fact in God.

There is both structure and direction in God's creation, and it is being restored in Christ as all things are brought subject to his Lordship.

Our life doesn't just have meaning, all of life is meaningful in Christ who holds all things together.

What does it mean to be a joint-heir with Christ? How does this relate to our adoption as children of God?

What does it mean to bring everything together in the Messiah? What sustains all of creation?