The nature and character of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit
The virgin birth of Jesus the Christ
The reality of Christ’s miracles during his ministry on earth
The literal bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead
The reality of heaven and hell

I believe that the Holy Spirit was the source of inspiration for the authors of those books which were later gathered into what we now know as the Bible. I do not, however, believe that such inspiration means that the contents of these books are, of necessity, ‘without error’, nor that their authors were incapable, at times, of putting their own personal or mistaken warp into the views they expressed.

I believe in the existence of the devil and his demons, but believe that through the power of God expressed in Christ’s death on the cross Satan is a defeated foe.

I believe in the baptism of the Holy Spirit, often accompanied by the gift of speaking in tongues, although I don’t hold that tongues speaking is ‘the evidence’ in the sense that many older pentecostals do. I speak in tongues regularly myself and find this gift to be of extraordinary blessing and power, especially in situations involving spiritual warfare.

I believe in the power of God through Christ to heal physical sickness, not as our right to ‘name and claim’ but as an expression of God’s love and will in those situations where he deems it appropriate. I have seen God’s miraculous total healing of one of my own children from cerebral palsy.