“The Apostles’ Creed, the Nicene Creed, are statements of faith that separate Christian from non-Christian. Did you see good old [anti-theist] Christopher Hitchens witnessing to that lady this last week? I’ve gotten to know Christopher pretty well and have really appreciated him. He was interviewed by a Unitarian lady minister. She was complaining in the interview,

‘Why do you always debate fundamentalists? Why do you debate the “true believers”? Why don’t you debate more liberal Christians, like myself, for instance?’

And Christopher Hitchens said, ‘Look, if you don’t believe that Jesus was God incarnate and that He died on the cross for our sins, and that He rose again from the dead, you are in no meaningful sense a Christian.’

(laughing) Go Christopher!

…The Westminster Confession does not divide Christian from non-Christian. The Apostles’ Creed divides Christian from non-Christian.”

Auburn Avenue 2010 Pastor’s Conference: The Necessity of the Reformation. Lectures available here.