Sermons on the Apostles' Creed

This is not a post in which I will rant away or anthing like that, I promise! :) No, this is an FYI to whomever is reading this that President Al Mohler of Southern Seminary started a series of sermons on the Apostles' Creed. He began with an introduction on August 21, 2007 and on the 13th of this month (September) he preached on the section "Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord"

I know that too many people nowadays have drifted away from creeds, especially, as Mohler himself states, those in the Baptist tradition (with which I will firmly identify all my life). Unfortunately as we have done away with creeds and confessions we have done away with valuable tools that permitted us to express and affirm that which the Scriptures teach. Confessions and creeds NEVER took the place of Scripture, nor did they have any authority aside from that given by Scripture, except in the case of the Roman Catholic Church. Interestingly enough, we may, after the 2007 Southern Baptist Conference, as well refer to the Baptist Faith and Message as the Southern Baptist creed! If you don't know what I mean look up the latest discussion and vote in regards to it! And by the way, I don't by any means disagree with the SBC in what they did...in fact I think it's a step in the right direction, a direction in which they will affirm what it means to be a Southern Baptist so that all those who identify themselves as such and yet reject the very thing that makes someone a Southern Baptist can finally be identified as what they are!

In any case, the Apostles' Creed, for those unfamiliar with it, goes as follows:
I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
the Creator of heaven and earth,
and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord:
Who was conceived of the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended into hell.
The third day He arose again from the dead.
He ascended into heaven
and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty,
whence He shall come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic church [meaning the universal church and not Roman Catholicism],
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and life everlasting.
Amen.

This is what Al Mohler's new series is on, and I urge all of you to go to following website to listen to him preach on it...download the sermons, burn them, and listen to them in your car or give them away to your friends! :)
http://www.sbts.edu/resources/Audio_Resources/Chapel_Messages/Fall_2007.aspx

One thing you may have noted is that I italicized and put in bold the phrase "He descended into hell." That is because I am interested in hearing what Mohler has to say on it, in light of the fact that I don't agree with most interpretations of what was meant by this, and also on the fact that as originally written, the Creed did not include this part.

Well, make sure you listen to the sermons, especially all of you Southern Baptist out there! :)