What must one believe to be a Christian? Let me lay it out on a scale, from the most fundamental and necessary to the least. Only one who believes the entire scale can truly call him or herself a Bible-believing Christian, and I would add, truly a person of faith in the fullest sense of the word. Will people who believe less than the whole scale be saved? Yes, I do think that is possible, but they are weak in faith and limited in their growth into Christ.
- Jesus rose from the dead
- Jesus is the Son of God, God with us
- Jesus is our leader, unquestioned, as is everything he taught and said
- The Old Testament is true, every jot and tittle
- Moses was an actual deliverer, the Exodus an actual migration
- Noah was an actual person, the Flood an actual event
- Adam and Eve were actual persons, the Creation Week an actual occurrence