"Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me."
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Steadfast Spirit is an apologetics and evangelism ministry focusing on reaching the lost for Christ. Whether lost by no religion, or false religion, our goal is to bring all to Christ that belong to Him.
About Us
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Lead Teacher
Rian Lewis is the leading teacher of Steadfast Spirit. He is the husband of Kasey, and the father of a beautiful little girl named Mackenzie. Rian is the Associate Pastor of New Faith Community Church in Holopaw, FL. He is a former atheist who has a heart to reach the lost.
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The English Standard Version
Steadfast Spirit uses the English Standard Version (ESV) in it’s teaching and resources. The ESV is an essentially literal translation of the Bible in contemporary English. Created by a team of more than 100 leading evangelical scholars and pastors, the ESV Bible emphasizes word-for-word accuracy, literary excellence, and depth of meaning.
To learn more about the ESV please visit www.esv.org
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Testimony: A Story of God's Grace
My name is Rian Lewis, leading teacher here at Steadfast Spirit. I believe it's important you hear the testimony of those you choose to trust to teach the Bible to you. So I want to give you a rundown of mine.
I was raised an Episcopalian in Upstate New York. Now we didn't go to church very often until I was a little older, then living in Maryland. During this time, early teen years, I started to take it seriously, and became a confirmed member of the Episcopal Church, which I later renounced. Which for those who don't know, it's basically the American version of the Church of England. It's Anglican. And to this day, I actually stand in my Reformation Anglican heritage. Even as someone who sees themselves as a kind of a Reformed, Wesleyan hybrid. Orthodox Wesleyan and Methodist theology bases itself in Anglicanism. John Wesley himself was an Anglican priest...
But, not to jump into a history lesson, I was confirmed. Got my fancy Book of Common Prayer, which I wish I could find, but then, I started to have questions... The same questions that really populate most people's heads when first really diving into faith seriously. Questions on Biblical reliability and authority. Historical questions. Questions of science in relation to the Bible. These things are normal. Especially for a young or new believer....
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