The devil's characteristic has been to originate sin and tempt others to sin

In one sense the doctrine of the trinity is a mystery that we will never understand fully.

The devil's characteristic has been to originate sin and tempt others to sin

The clarity of Scripture means that the Bible is written in such a way that its teachings are able to be understood by all who will read it seeking God's help and being willing to follow it.

Nowhere in Scripture do we find doctrine studied for its own sake or in isolation from life.

It is scripture alone, not conservative Evangelical tradition or any other human authority, that must function as the normative authority for the definition of what we should believe. The authority of the scripture means that all the words in scripture are God's words in such a way that to disbelieve or disobey any word of scripture is to disbelieve or disobey God.

Election is an act of God before creation in which He chooses some people to be saved, not on account of any foreseen merit in them, but only because of His sovereign good pleasure.