God does not need us or the rest of creation for anything, yet we and the rest of creation can glorify him and bring him joy.

God eternally exists as three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and each person is fully God, and there is one God.

Sin is any failure to conform to the moral law of God in act, attitude, or nature

God's faithfulness means that God will always do what He said and fulfill what He has promised.

Satan was the originator of sin

I think that ultimately we will attain much more depth of understanding of Scripture when we are able to study it in the company of a great number of scholars who all begin with the conviction that the Bible is completely true and absolutely authoritative.

God's wisdom means that God always chooses the best goals and the best means to those goals.