Having a statement of faith like we do at Houston Lake Presbyterian can be unnerving to some people. Some may think we hold it above the Bible. We don’t, we merely believe that all churches have a theology be it a good or bad one. Our theological views are written down, other churches have theological views too but are not in written form. After all, every church believes something about who God is, what is the nature of Bible, what it means to be a Christian, and how and who should be baptized.

R.C. Sproul writes on the need and benefit of having a doctrinal statement such as the Westminster Confession of Faith, the statement of faith of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) of which Houston Lake Presbyterian is a member. I think it’s helpful to appreciate why we’re “confessional” and what strengths that brings. Sproul says, “Without such confessions, theological anarchy reigns in the church and in the world.”

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