The Confession of Your Church
Kuyper defends the importance of ecclesiastical confessions and catechetical instruction against spiritualist objections that prioritize personal experience over doctrinal understanding. The article argues that a church's confessional standards and theological education are essential for maintaining doctrinal integrity and proper church discipline, rejecting the view that confessional knowledge is irrelevant to genuine Christian faith.
Abraham Kuyper “Let us hold fast our profession” (Heb. 4:14) Time and again you hear the remark made that the confession of your Church is a comparatively unimportant matter, and that your personal confession ought in no way to be affected by it. Those who voice such remarks usually talk in this fashion: You belong to Jesus, do you, and the life of God dwells in your heart? Why, then, be concerned about the confession of a Church? Every Church of Christ worthy of the name must open its doors...