Created
God made us, and made us for Himself.
“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.”
Genesis 1:27 KJVRead in the ESV ↗
What we believe
Jesus Christ is the foundation.
“For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.”
1 CORINTHIANS 3:11 · KJV
ActuallyCare holds to historic, Bible-believing Christianity. Here is the gospel we believe, the doctrine we stand on, and the verses we hold to.
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Faith Context Map
Every belief on this page, with the verses behind it, how they connect, and how other faiths differ.
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The gospel
Good news, in four words
Simple enough for a child, deep enough for a lifetime.
Fallen
We have all sinned, and sin's wage is death.
“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God”
Romans 3:23 KJVRead in the ESV ↗
“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
Romans 6:23 KJVRead in the ESV ↗
Rescued
Christ died for our sins and rose again.
3“For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures”
1 Corinthians 15:3-4 KJVRead in the ESV ↗
Received
Salvation is God's gift, received by faith in Jesus.
8“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9Not of works, lest any man should boast.”
Ephesians 2:8-9 KJVRead in the ESV ↗
“That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.”
Romans 10:9 KJVRead in the ESV ↗
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
John 3:16 KJVRead in the ESV ↗
Sound doctrine
What we believe, in twenty statements
The faith confessed in the Apostles' and Nicene Creeds and recovered in the Reformation: Scripture alone, grace alone, faith alone, Christ alone.
01
The Word
How God speaks, and whether His Word is enough.
Inspiration of Scripture
All Scripture is breathed out by God, so it carries His authority and does not err.
Sufficiency of Scripture
Scripture is enough for faith and life. Nothing needs to be added to it or taken from it.
02
God
Who God is: one Creator, eternally Father, Son and Spirit.
One God, Creator from nothing
There is one true God. He made everything that exists out of nothing, and He has always been God.
The Trinity
The one God exists eternally as three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, each fully God.
03
Christ
Who Jesus is and what He did.
Deity of Christ
Jesus is not a created being. He is God the Son, eternal and equal with the Father.
Two natures in one person
Jesus is fully God and fully man in one person, without mixing or dividing the two natures.
Virgin birth
Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary.
Substitutionary atonement
On the cross Jesus took the punishment our sins deserved, in our place.
Bodily resurrection of Christ
Jesus rose from the dead in the same body, now glorified. Without it our faith is empty.
Christ the only way
There is one mediator between God and people. No other name, path or prophet saves.
04
The Spirit
The Holy Spirit as a person and as God.
The Holy Spirit is God
The Holy Spirit is a person, not a force. He is fully God, and He lives in every believer.
05
Salvation
Our problem, God's rescue, and the changed life that follows.
Image of God & the Fall
People are made in God's image, but since Adam everyone is born sinful and separated from God.
Justification by faith alone
God declares sinners righteous through faith in Christ, not because of anything they do.
Salvation by grace alone
Salvation is God's free gift from start to finish. It cannot be earned.
New birth & a changed life
God gives believers a new heart and keeps changing them to look like Jesus.
Assurance of salvation
Those Christ saves, He keeps. Believers can know they have eternal life.
06
Church & Mission
God's people gathered, and sent.
The church & ordinances
Believers belong to a local church, are baptized, and share the Lord's Supper.
The Great Commission
Every believer is sent to make disciples of all nations.
07
Last Things
The unseen battle, Christ's return and the judgment.
Angels, Satan & spiritual war
Angels and demons are real. Satan opposes God's people, but he is a defeated enemy.
Return of Christ & judgment
Jesus will return bodily and visibly, judge everyone, and make all things new.
Verses we hold to
Twelve verses we stand on
In the King James Version, with a link to read each in the ESV.
2 Timothy 3:16
King James Version
“All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness”
Deuteronomy 6:4
King James Version
“Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD”
2 Corinthians 13:14
King James Version
“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.”
John 1:1
King James Version
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
John 1:14
King James Version
“And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.”
2 Corinthians 5:21
King James Version
“For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”
Romans 5:1
King James Version
“Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ”
John 14:6
King James Version
“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”
2 Corinthians 5:17
King James Version
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”
John 10:28-29
King James Version
28“And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. 29My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.”
Matthew 28:19-20
King James Version
19“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.”
Acts 1:11
King James Version
“Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.”
See how it all connects
Tap any belief on the map to read its verses, see how it links to the others, and compare it with what other faiths teach.
See the Context MapScripture quotations are from the King James Version, which is in the public domain. The plain-English lines are our own summaries.