Michael's Abbey
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The Purpose Of Michael's Abbey:

The Holy Spirit told Philip to go to the road between Jerusalem and Gaza, and to go up to the chariot of an Ethopian eunuch.

Acts 8:30-31 Philip ran up and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, "Do you understand what you are reading?" And he said, "Well, how could I, unless someone guides me?" And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
This is the purpose of Michael's Abbey: to be a guide to the meaning of scripture, in context and as a whole. Great care is taken to separate guidance from actual scripture.

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Michael's Abbey Motto

Be Like The Bereans!
The motto here is be like the Bereans. While many of the Thessalonian Jews were persuaded by Paul's reasoning that Jesus was the Messiah, the Jews of Berea listened eagerly, but did not just accept what Paul said. Every day they checked it against scripture.

Acts 17:11 Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.
Because the Bereans did not just accept someone's words blindly but checked everything against scripture, even Paul, they were not easily fooled by good sounding words or arguments that were false. This is why there is no Epistle to the Bereans. They got it right. Do not accept what anyone says in writing, on videos, or in person without checking it against scripture. And by that I mean in context. When someone quotes a verse or two, back up a bunch of verses before the quoted verse, and also read a bunch past what they quoted. Be sure they are using scripture properly.
Whether it is footnotes or references in your copy of the Bible, study guides, commentaries, books, preachers in churches, speakers on videos like YouTube or TikTok, or websites including this one, do not take anything at face value. These can be useful aids for studying scripture but are not scripture themselves. Scripture is the inspired Word of God. Everything else is the thoughts of man. While I value the scholarship of others, especially those that show their work and those that have proven to be trustworthy, I am always questioning and checking. Every source gets something wrong, including me. Scripture is the firm foundation of our faith. And the more we study it ourselves, the more easily we can discern the true from the false.
The motto here and advice for any Christian is to be like the Bereans!

Michael's Abbey Creed

This is the indisputable gospel, the most basic beliefs of Christianity. This is not to say there isn't a right and biblical answer to the what is outside these few things. But disagreements on most other concepts are disputable matters. And being wrong on disputable matters does not put one outside Christianity.

There is one God in three persons who always existed and created everything else. The three persons are the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The Son became man and died on the cross for our salvation. He rose from the dead on the third day and one day all Christians will rise with Him. All of humanity has sinned and deserves punishment and death. Our salvation is an undeserved gift we call grace. All we have to do is put our faith in God. We are saved by faith, not by works. But works are the outward evidence of our inward faith.

Scripture quotations taken from the NASB © The Lockman Foundation.

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