Confessing Christ is a Thursday night study where we read Athanasius together to learn why the church confesses Jesus Christ as true God, true man, and our only Savior.
Athanasius is often remembered as the great “Nicene hero”—the bishop who stood firm when the full divinity of Christ was under serious threat. At a time when many were willing to compromise or remain silent, Athanasius insisted that the gospel itself was at stake. If Jesus Christ is not truly God, then he cannot truly save. For Athanasius, the confession that the Son is “of one substance with the Father” was not an abstract theological claim, but the foundation of Christian salvation, worship, and hope.
Why study Athanasius together as a church? First, his writings are deeply biblical. Athanasius carefully traces the teaching of Scripture as a unified witness to the eternal Son who became human for our salvation. Second, studying him connects us to the wider and historic church. We are reminded that the faith we confess today was prayed over, defended, and sometimes suffered for by believers who came before us. Third, Athanasius speaks powerfully to our own moment. His courage, clarity, and pastoral concern encourage us to confess Christ faithfully in a world that often distorts or diminishes who Jesus is.