Why do we need creeds, confessions, seminaries, and synods? Why do we need catechesis, Bible class, Church history, fellowship, liturgy, and hymns? Aren't all of these things just a bit unnecessary? Shouldn't the Bible be enough? Shouldn't the individual Christian be able to sit down and read the Bible and discover the truth for himself? Well, not exactly. "The Spirit said to Philip, 'Go over and join this chariot (belonging to the Ethiopian eunuch).' So Philip ran to him and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and asked, 'Do you understand what you are reading?' And he said, 'How can I unless someone guides me ?' And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him." (Acts 8:29-31) It is not that the Bible is unclear. A set of architectural drawings is incredibly clear to one who knows what to be looking for, but to me, the uninitiated laymen, it appears rather confusing. This is the way with Scripture as wel