"All scripture is inspired by God" (2 Timothy 3:16).

There was a woman who called her pastor late one night in a panic and said, "Pastor, quickly, tell me what I believe." Another believer from a different church who challenged her about her beliefs had cornered her. She quickly found that she could not articulate the basic teachings of her church. "Pastor, quickly, tell me what I believe."

There may be more than one person gathering in worship this morning who, if hard pressed, may be less than clear about what they believe. Are you one?

Where does one start in establishing a baseline for belief? Church doctrine? Parental teaching? The local pastor? Inner instinct?

For those coming from the Protestant Reformation, that baseline can only be scripture. From this sixteenth-century moveme…