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Epiphany Evangelical Lutheran Church of Elmhurst welcomes all
people, to hear the Gospel of God's grace and truth. Members of the Body of
Christ accept that the canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are
the inspired Word of God and the authoritative source and norm of the
proclamation, faith, and the life of this church (ELCA Constitution, Chapter 2).
We acknowledge that no one is without sin and so all of us come before God in
need of forgiveness and repentance.
For if we claim we are without sin we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in
us. But if, instead, we confess our sins and repent, the Holy Spirit will
cleanse us from all our unrighteousness. For God so loves us that he gave his
only Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, to pay the price for our salvation through his
suffering, death, and resurrection (John 3). By accepting Jesus Christ as our
personal Savior, we become dead to sin and reborn into lives given over to His
service (Romans 6). What an awesome love is this.
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