Sentences with phrase «use doctrinal statements»

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 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.

Not exact matches

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

In today's blogging world, you have to be somewhat provocative to garner attention... As I mentioned above, I do believe in the value of doctrinal statements, but in a much different way than how they are used by most churches.

«The most beautiful names of God» that appear in Muslim devotion have been used by Muslim theologians to express God's attributes even though they are more expressions of praise than doctrinal statements.

He urged his readers not to concentrate on the doctrinal statements which they mocked, but on a «sense and taste for the Infinite», or, in a phrase that he often used, on «a feeling of absolute dependence.»

Despite how hard I have been on doctrinal statements in recent posts, I do think there are several good uses for them.

However, just because a doctrinal statement can be used to restrict who is placed in a position of leadership in a church or ministry, I strongly discourage the use of doctrinal statements as a means of restricting who can attend or participate with the church or ministry in its services and functions.

Aside from these three good uses of doctrinal statements, can you think of any others?

I hope that if / when the book comes out, my point will be more clear — Doctrinal Statements are good when used in their proper place, but just as with anything, they can be very dangerous if used improperly.

Yes, in some future posts, I will praise the doctrinal statements, and suggest some positive uses for them.

I am not sure how long you have been reading this blog, but this post here is actually part of a series that has been going on for about three weeks so far, in which I look at at the use and abuse of doctrinal statements.

There are uses for doctrinal statements, and while one of the uses is to provide guidance and boundaries in our biblical interpretation, there are pitfalls to this approach, especially when we include some of the later doctrinal statements of church history.

First, a written doctrinal statement is only as good as the character of the people who are supposed to be using it.

First, I could continue on to the next chapter in Close Your Church for Good., in which I will challenge the use of Doctrinal Statements.

There are, of course, numerous Scriptural passages and theological arguments that are used to defend such a use of doctrinal statements.

Many churches or denominations won't allow people to become members unless they use these words in their description of Scripture... Oddly, I've never heard of a church or denomination that asked people to affirm a doctrinal statement like this: The purpose of Scripture is to equip God's people for good works.

We are well used to such Evangelicals, sharing with them the doctrinal and moral essentials of classical Christianity, a commitment to the Augustinian patrimony of the West, recent remarkable joint statements on justification, and much common work for the sanctity of life, Biblical standards of sexual morality, social justice, environmental responsibility and world peace.