We Celebrate the life of Dr. Jay Grimstead who recently passed on to heaven (June 2024). He was 89 years old. He initiated the Chicago statement on biblical inerrancy in the late 1980s with all the major national leaders in the evangelical church charismatic and non-charismatic.
Dr. Grimstead was an ICAL Member and speaker who wrote the Biblical Worldview Documents and allowed ICAL to use them on this website. However - since his passing to Heaven, his website was delete, therefore, the links containing the full explanation for each statement was removed and no longer work.
We will keep this page open for awhile to honor of Dr. Grimstead
The Biblical Worldview documents, such as the topics listed below, state positions that the members of ICAL hold to be true.
As noted above, links to the separate documents by Dr. Jay Grimstead and the Coalition on Revival are not working.
The authority of Scripture is a key issue for the Christian Church in this and every age. Those who profess faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior are called to show the reality of their discipleship by humbly and faithfully obeying God’s written Word.
We affirm that there is only one living God who is infinite in being and perfection, a most pure spirit, invisible, and absolutely distinct from His creation. We deny any and all views of God that negate or deviate from the traditional Judeo-Christian concept of God, including Atheism…
We affirm that the Triune God has reigned sovereignly as King of the universe throughout all time, both before and since the Incarnation and will continue to reign eternally.
We affirm that Christ, out of love and concern for the nourishment, concord, unity, correction, and purity of His Body, has instituted and established through His Word certain ordinances for the discipline of the Church .
We affirm that man is a cultural being. We deny that any group of people can function apart from cultural realities.
Civic actions are relevant to all members of the group, because no one in society can function long without affecting others. Choices have consequences, not only for one’s self, but for others also. In society we live with and in dependence on others.
The Bible speaks often about the things of value in this world and of our stewardship for them under God’s mandate. The Biblical references included here are representative of principles that are pervasive through the text of Holy Writ.
We affirm that Christians of all nations are called to show love and mercy to Jewish people and to call them to repentance as with other peoples as part of their witness.
