What We Believe: Understanding and Confessing the Apostles' Creed

"When a person embraces the Christian faith and says with assurance, 'I believe . . . ,' then that person has truly embarked upon life."—R. C. Sproul

To be a Christian is to be one who believes. But believes in what? In an age of cafeteria-style religion—a little bit of this, a little bit of that—believers new and old may be overlooking the basic tenets of faith in favor of modern trends that have no biblical basis.

For millennia, Christians have affirmed the Apostles' Creed because it summar...