What We Believe

Red Hill Baptist affiliates with the Southern Baptist Convention. As such we agree with the Baptist Faith and Message. Find The Baptist Faith and Message here: https://bfm.sbc.net/bfm2000/

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The following are sampling beliefs of Pastor Bruce Schroader. These beliefs are what you can expect to hear from his teaching/preaching.

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The Scriptures

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I believe the Scriptures are inspired by God. I believe the verbal/plenary inspiration of Scripture. Every word is inspired and all the 66 books are inspired. I believe in the preservation of Scripture through translations as Jesus and the Apostles seem to have regarded the Septuagint as Scripture. I believe the best translation for the English language is the King James Bible. 

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God

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God is eternal. He exists in three persons: The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit. God is Creator of the universe. He created all in six days and rested the seventh day. God is revealed in the Scriptures and in His Son, Jesus Christ. God is holy, just, gracious and merciful.

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Jesus

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Jesus is conceived and born of a virgin. He is conceived by the Holy Spirit thus has no human father. He lived a perfect life without sin and is the Lamb of God sacrificed for the sins of all humans. There is no salvation apart from Jesus Christ. Nothing was created without Jesus. All judgment is committed to Jesus, the Son. Jesus will return in the air soon to catch away His people: the church, the New Testament saints, His Bride. Jesus will also return to the earth on the Mount of Olives to defeat Satan, bind Satan a thousand years in the bottomless pit, and rule this earth for one thousand years as King of kings and Lord of lords.

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Salvation

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Salvation is granted by grace through faith. All have sinned and come short of the glory of God. Thus all are in crisis and need salvation only found in Jesus Christ. The goodness of God leads people to repentance. By hearing the Word of God, faith is imparted to believe. Thus salvation is all of God. No man has whereof to boast.

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Salvation is eternal, beginning the instant of conversion. Salvation is available to every soul. I do not believe a limited atonement. Jesus died for all. The fact that many do not trust Him in no way diminishes the sovereignty of God. God is more sovereign than that. Even those who reject Him were bought by Him. Their names were also in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world. In judgment, they can examine where their names were blotted out of the Book of Life.