- God is triune: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
- We are all by nature sinners in need of grace and forgiveness.
- God sent His Son Jesus Christ, true man and true God, to save us from our lost condition. Our debt has been paid through Christ’s righteous life and sacrificial death.
- Our salvation comes by grace through faith alone in Christ as our Savior. We contribute nothing to our salvation.
- Through Baptism, we become new creatures, but the “old Adam” is constantly with us, as long as we’re here on earth. We are thus simul justus et peccator—at the same time saint and sinner.
- God chooses us, not the other way around. We have no power to accept Christ, but we can reject Him.
- Faith is a gift, created and maintained through the preaching of God’s Word and administration of His Sacraments.
- The consecrated bread and wine in the Lord’s Supper are the true Body and Blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, a precious gift given to us Christians to eat and to drink for the forgiveness of our sins.
- Good works can’t save us, but they are expected of us—for the good of our neighbor.
- The Bible is God’s Word and is inspired and inerrant. We regard the Book of Concord as a correct exposition of Biblical teachings.
