You Have a Place at Grace - 5/29/2026

The Athanasian Creed

The Athanasian Creed articulates the Church’s carefully crafted confession of God as He expresses Himself in Holy Scripture. Words only go so far in trying to encapsulate this doctrine, something the Church has always known. Understanding this completely transcends fallen reason’s ability. We confess what we know from the Bible, no more, no less.

This Creed shows an appeal to objective truth claims about the faith. It’s refreshing to hear in this age of anti-truth and subjective opinions about God such a terse, powerful ending line such as this: “this is the catholic faith; whoever does not believe it faithfully and firmly cannot be saved.” This Creed of the Apostolic Church denies polytheism and any relativistic notions of truth being something only for the individual. Rather, the Holy Trinity is God Himself expressed in Holy Writ and is a doctrine one must believe to be saved. There’s no workaround this sacred teaching.

In a world of chaos, disillusionment, depression and disorder, the Athanasian Creed marks that powerful stand of God’s Church in a confusing world. It shines as a bright light for those seeking order and peace, refuge and most importantly, Truth. No, you’re not left to wander and seek what’s right in the sea of agnosticism, the worldview of a perpetual “I don’t know” regarding spiritual matters. Christ is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Him, the Word made flesh and dwelling among us in His Spirit Who makes His home with the Church. Postmodern, relativistic sentiments have lost their appeal to a generation of young people hungry for truth and order. They’re seeking the Word in all its fullness without pulling punches. They want the Truth, and the Church has it to give in spades.

The Athanasian Creed needs more press than what it gets on Tritnity Sunday. It’s a marvelous work expressing a Church whose strength is God, whose voice comes from the Spirit, whose redemption is in Christ. May God grant and sustain us in faith to make this good confession, to stand on what’s right and look down the road to what’s coming when the epoch, this age comes to a close: “at His coming all people will rise again with their bodies and give an account concerning their own deeds. And those who have done good will enter into eternal life, and those who have done evil into eternal fire. This is the catholic faith; whoever does not believe it faithfully and firmly cannot be saved.”

-Rev. Ryan J. Ogrodowicz, “You Have a Place at Grace,” May 29, 2026

Grace Lutheran Church - Brenham, Texas

The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod