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Soteriology
What is study of salvation
Ecclesiology
What is study of the nature and function of the church
ongoing process of transforming into Christlikeness including holiness and service
What is Sanctification
Infallibility
What is the Bible is trustworthy regarding matters of belief and practice
Spirit influencing authors and compilers of Scripture to adequately communicate what God desires us to know
What is inspiration
being pardoned; overcoming condemnation by Spirit’s application of Jesus’s expiating work
What is Justification
Pneumatology
What is the study of the person and work of the Holy Spirit
Inerrancy
What is the Bible accurately presents what God desires to teach us
Eschatology
What is study of God’s completion of creation
being born again; overcoming alienation by Spirit’s application of Jesus’s reconciling work
What is regeneration
physical and moral existence appropriate for eternal fellowship
What is glorification
God's people formed together by the Spirit as a Christ's representatives in the world
What is Church
an empowerment for witness and service, distinct from conversion and accompanied by speaking in tongues
What is Spirit Baptism
Participation
What is Spirit’s work of enabling his people for service
Revelation
what is process and content of God communicating with humanity
Salvation
What is God’s deliverance of creation from the power and effects of sin
authoritative written special revelation of God serving as the primary source for Christian belief and practice
What is the Bible
initial belief in God including repentance from sin and acknowledging the lordship of Jesus
What is Conversion
Spirit helping us recognize, understand, and wisely apply Scripture
What is illumination
being freed; overcoming enslavement by Spirit’s application of Jesus’s redemptive work
What is liberation