My theological commitments

For what it's worth, and in something like this order, here's a partial and somewhat random list of some of my theological commitments as I see them:

JESUS CHRIST IS LORD.

I try to be committed to the Triune God, the Lord Jesus, his gospel and word and people and world and work and so on. I want to be nice and thought-through and kind.

Two Ways to Live gives a good summary of the basic message of the Bible.

I am a Reformed Conservative Evangelical Anglican Catholic Protestant Christian.

At my ordinations I made the Declaration of Assent included in Common Worship and meant it.

I believe the Bible and the eccumenical creeds, since they say what the Bible says.

I believe in the infallibility and inerrency of Scripture. I want to try to understand it more and more richly and deeply in all its fullness and range.

I am a 5-point Calvinist.

I believe in penal substitionary attonement.

I embrace the system of doctrine taught by the Westminster Standards and so on.

I would happily sign-up to the UCCF, Evangelical Alliance, CPAS, GAFCON doctrinal statements etc.

I am indebted to Presuppositionalism. Jesus is Lord so we want Jesus to be Lord of all. We need proper Christian mathematics, geography, history etc. We want a Christian world view.

I believe in reason and doctrine and think the tools of Scholasticism are often useful. We must distinguish.

I am more or less a cessationist.

I'm a creationist most days I think.

I like the 39 Articles of Religion and the Book of Common Prayer.

I am in favour of the Old Testament and the sacraments. I approve of the church and I like creation. I think the gospel will win. Children are a blessing. Liturgy is good. I would like to know the Psalms off by heart.

I want to have fellowship with all that those people Jesus has fellowship with and be willing to learn from others, including those with whom I might disagree.

I am against the ordination of women to the Presbyterate and the Episcopate and women preaching to men in church on a Sunday or administering the sacraments.

I believe that homosexual practice is wrong.

And no doubt lots of other things in varrying degrees and ways.

I hope that helps you to understand a little of where I am coming from.

Comments or questions are welcome.