1 Corinthians 15:1-11
Bristol City council were left with red-faces last year after wasting £100,000 on hiring an advertising agency to rename a derelict building in the city centre. The former Industrial Museum had, for years, been called ‘The M Shed’. Having refitted the building, they wanted to rebrand it hoping to make it attractive to new investors. However, after months of brainstorming meetings, the advertising agency returned to the council urging it to revert back to calling this building ‘The M Shed’. No better name could be found to promote this building to prospective tenants and investors. Sometimes, in fact, most times, the old is the best.
If you remember, a year ago, I preached a series on sermons on the historical, devotional practice of renewing our covenant with God – something our forefathers thought to be an important part of their relationship with God. This year, I want to go back to something else our forefathers in the faith considered of vital importance to them – namely, the centrality of creeds and confessions. The Church throughout the ages has found Credal statements of faith central to the preservation and presentation of truth. But just like the practice of renewing our covenant with God, we have forgotten the old ways – we have forgotten that the Historic Reformed Position in Scotland under John Knox was to value and learn the faith of the Creeds. Has the Church in Scotland gained anything from the loss of the Creeds? Have we gained from forgetting Catechisms and Confessions?
Streams of Living Water 