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Opinion|Tue, Sep. 18 2007 03:12 PM EDT

Why Doctrine Matters

By R. Albert Mohler, Jr.|Christian Post Guest Columnist

Those who call for a "doctrineless Christianity" misunderstand–or misrepresent–both doctrine and Christianity. Pragmatism and program concerns dominate the lives of many Christians and their congregations. The low state of doctrinal understanding among so many evangelicals is evidence of a profound failure of both nerve and conviction. Both must be recovered if there is to be anything even remotely evangelical about the evangelicalism of the future.

This article was originally published on Monday, December 1, 2003, and is reprinted here by request of readers.

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R. Albert Mohler, Jr. is president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. For more articles and resources by Dr. Mohler, and for information on The Albert Mohler Program, a daily national radio program broadcast on the Salem Radio Network, go to www.albertmohler.com. For information on The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, go to www.sbts.edu. Send feedback to mail@albertmohler.com. Original Source: www.albertmohler.com.

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  • Citizen »
    Tue Sep 18, 2007 3:25 pm Agree: 1   Disagree: 6

    The bible was written by men, and is most definitely the dogma of men. There is no reason to believe that the character of "god" is anything other than men trying to speak with more authority than they could personally command by propagandizing in the name of a supernatural creator deity.

  • DannyPoo »
    Tue Sep 18, 2007 2:13 pm Agree: 1   Disagree: 0

    I will agree that the Doctrine of MEN must be avoided (Matthew 15:19). However, biblical doctrine is nothing to be avoided, in fact it is encouraged! If one would like to be a Christian and deny doctrine in general and instead have a doctrineless Christianity...I have a question.... is that your doctrine that we should have a doctrineless Christianity?

    "Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers." 1 Timothy 4:16

    "For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear." 2 Timothy 4:3

    "You must teach what is in accord with sound doctrine." Titus 2:1

    "He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine and refute those who oppose it." Titus 1:9

    "Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them that are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which ye learned: and turn away from them." Romans 16:17

    "For I give you good doctrine; Forsake ye not my law."
    Proverbs 4:2

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