Sentences with phrase «own doctrinal statements»

A movement built on broad - based networks of churches and parachurch organizations will inevitably fragment when it tries to move to more thorough doctrinal statements.

Perhaps a modern paraphrase for us today would be: «If I have my doctrinal statement nailed down flawlessly and am able to prove myself right by quoting verses to support my theology, but do not have love, I am dead wrong.»

Evangelicals often have at best very minimal doctrinal statements and a range of other, often confessionally unstated, cultural concerns which guide policy.

Consider signing a doctrinal statement.

All Christians ever since, whether they are Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, Protestant, or Free Church, have agreed on the central doctrinal statements expressed in this particular statement of faith.

No doctrinal statement.

doctrinal statement is the root to denominationalism, as Jon pointed out and if I don't want to be something, it's to be «just an other» denomination.

Any doctrinal statement that contradicts what is stated in the Bible will be construed as blasphemy.

As far as a church having a doctrinal statement?

If someone teaches against our doctrinal statement, some have believed this gives us the right to burn them at the stake.

Should a church have a doctrinal statement?

So maybe rather than a «doctrinal statement» you could call it core beliefs, or central ideas, or distinctives?

In order to make sure he agrees, Levi must attend a class to learn all the distinctives of the doctrinal statement, and then sign on the dotted line.

faith and freedom in the body of Christ is painful and scarry, full of dangers and pitfalls... a good way to avoid this is doctrinal statement,..

I have mixed views regarding doctrinal statements.

First, Jesus makes sure that Levi can agree to the detailed doctrinal statement of Jesus.

A story has more transformative power than a doctrinal statement or an ethical code of conduct.

You know, John Calvin wrote his «doctrinal statement» («The Institutes») over many, many year.

«by their doctrinal statement you will recognize them»??? no.

No need for a separate doctrinal statement to join... Christ is our doctrinal statement!

I will begin to look at this issue tomorrow as we continue this series about how some churches throughout history have used doctrinal statements to damage and even kill others.

With doctrinal statement, we don't need God anymore to tell us the truth: we got it!

Full disclosure: I'm starting another website, and while it is not a church, it is built for churches, and I am trying to decided whether I should have a doctrinal statement or not.

It is not a doctrinal statement, but it is a history of what God has done and what those who have gone before us have believed and practiced.

It wasn't the summer that brought an end to my doubt, but it was the summer I encountered a different Jesus, a Jesus who requires more from me than intellectual assent and emotional allegiance; a Jesus who associated with sinners and infuriated the religious; a Jesus who broke the rules and refused to cast the first stone; a Jesus who gravitated toward sick people and crazy people, homeless people and hopeless people; a Jesus who preferred story to exposition and metaphor to syllogism; a Jesus who answered questions with more questions, and demands for proof with demands for faith... a Jesus who healed each person differently and saved each person differently; a Jesus who had no list of beliefs to check off, no doctrinal statements to sign, no surefire way to tell who was «in» and who was «out»; a Jesus who loved after being betrayed, healed after being hurt, and forgave while being nailed to a tree; a Jesus who asked his disciples to do the same...

But there are numerous problems with thinking that doctrinal statements and membership classes can keep false teaching out of the church.

To this day (as well as when I wrote this post) I can in good conscience and with full conviction sign a doctrinal statement like that of DTS or GES or most any decent Bible church.

I've signed my fair share of doctrinal statements through the years.

It would be easy for a campus ministry group to wink and nod toward their evangelical ancestors, pointing to a doctrinal statement that doesn't exactly say the right things but doesn't contradict them either, while buying political protection and cultural shelter through equivocation and virtue signaling.

Sure, I know that if I were to reject two or three certain doctrines listed above that they would be at odds with the doctrinal statement of the Grace Evangelical Society.

The eucharistic prayer, the central Christian doctrinal statement, must be rediscovered as prayerful proclamation.

When we use doctrinal statements to determine the eternal destiny of other people — which is something only Jesus should do — it is not long before we get the idea that if a person is reprobate and a heretic, it is better to send them on their way to hell, then to let them stick around and lead others astray.

I look at the fruit of people's lives way more now than I do at their signed doctrinal statements.

Student groups requiring leaders to sign doctrinal statements were derecognized to second class status.

Few people in any church of which I have been a part know where to find their church's doctrinal statement, much less what that doctrinal statement says.

It means that how we treat one another and what we do for our neighbors matters more than what we write down on our doctrinal statement.

But we must try, for the alternative is only more of the same: more doctrinal statements, more division, and more disunity.

They're the ones mixing the gospel with politics and reducing faith to an endless list of doctrinal statements.

I agree that the short doctrinal statements are better than the long ones.

Does your blog or church have a doctrinal statement?

If you develop a doctrinal statement for these reasons, I would urge you to keep the the statement as basic as possible.

Were doctrinal statements true in an objective sense, or were they true only because of their subjective impact in the life of the believer?

The length and complexity of a doctrinal statement is directly proportional to the amount of control, power, abuse, and disunity within the church that the doctrinal statement creates.

Despite how doctrinal statements can be misused and abused, I do think there are several good uses for them.

As important as doctrinal statements are, there is a more excellent way to achieve church unity.

It is much easier to sign a doctrinal statement than it is to show love to the sick, the dying, the dirty, and the lost.

I also found no need to fret about doctrinal statements or a worship style, and had no fear of being recruited into ministry opportunities.

The «irregulars» have little clue how the church operates, the «regulars» sort of have a clue, and the «inner circle» knows that those who pay the bills and have the power decide how it operates (hoping to give the impression that the «doctrinal statement» has been given a nod).

Wealthy, powerful, influential people who may or may not personally operate within the confines of the doctrinal statement yet somehow tend to be invited to be not only part of the group, but often part of the decision makers.

Nevertheless, even though I now have a doctrinal statement (of sorts) on this blog, I am not going to emphasize it or make it prominent.