doctrine

To be a Christian disciple, you must know what Christians believe. Contrary to popular opinion in churches today, contrary to the American individualistic way, we do not get to make up what we believe. Believing something isn't good enough, we must believe truth.

The following links are to parts four through six of William Lane Craig's teachings on The Doctrine of God:
The Doctrine of God (Part 4)
The Doctrine of God (Part 5)
The Doctrine of God (Part 6)

To be a Christian disciple, you must know what Christians believe. Contrary to popular opinion in churches today, contrary to the American individualistic way, we do not get to make up what we believe. Believing something isn't good enough, we must believe truth.

The following links are to the first three part of William Lane Craig's teachings on The Doctrine of God:
The Doctrine of God (Part 1)
The Doctrine of God (Part 2)
The Doctrine of God (Part 3)

Tim Keller, of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, tells us about The Importance of Hell:
1. It is important because Jesus taught about it more than all other Biblical authors put together.
2. It is important because it shows how infinitely dependent we are on God for everything.
3. It is important because it unveils the seriousness and danger of living life for yourself.
4. The doctrine of hell is important because it is the only way to know how much Jesus loved us and how much he did for us.

To be a Christian disciple, you must know what Christians believe. Contrary to popular opinion in churches today, contrary to the American individualistic way, we do not get to make up what we believe. Believing something isn't good enough, we must believe truth.

William Lane Craig introduces us to Christian doctrine in today's audio link, Introduction to Christian Doctrine

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING MORE THAN EARNEST by R. Scott clark

"Another legacy to evangelicalism is a radically individualistic faith. If one cannot be certain about the historicity of the faith then one flees to mystical experience. Pietistic evangelicalism replaced the "priesthood of all believers" (access to God through Christ alone) with the "papacy of every believer" (the sole authority of the believer). Individualism has replaced the older Protestant idea of divinely ordained authority located in Scripture and in the courts of the church, and has led to a nearly irreparable fragmentation of the Christian landscape." - R. Scott Clark

Primarily it's a discussion about the importance of the doctrine of the resurection, but we discuss a whole range of things, and how we, as humans, tend to screw them up. If there's a particular doctrine you'd like to discuss with us, let us know.

Keep Dan in your prayers. No update from Dan this week. I did get an email forward from him, but that was all. I'll check on him later today.

One of our listeners and friends wrote us asking about the Trinity, "I heard a sermon on this subject; I would like to hear a discussion by you. Some sermons even say, 'Forget the Trinity - they are all "Jesus."' So what is your take?"

Barry Carey over at withallyourmind.net has started a series on "The Creeds and Christianity" (that's Part 1, part two is "What Good Are the Creeds?").