Sentences with phrase «what doctrinal statements»

it is through the devotional, «spiritual,» prayerful practice of Christianity that one has a «real apprehension» (as contrasted with a merely «notional apprehension») of what doctrinal statements are all about.»

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.

Not exact matches

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

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 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.

I always thought doctrinal statements caused division.But at the same time, it lets me know what an organization believes.

When we say that our doctrinal statements just follow the teachings of Scripture, what we really mean is that our doctrinal statements follow our understanding of Scripture.

But what so often happens is that we write a doctrinal statement, and then we think it is the truth, rather than recognizing that it is our interpretation of the truth of Scripture.

This doesn't mean that if I don't like their doctrinal statement, I am going to reject what they say outright.

In other words, our doctrinal statements should simply explain to others what we believe.

Publishing a public doctrinal statement helps people know who you are and what you believe.

In a statement afterward, the nuns said, «The meeting had been requested by the LCWR to address what the conference considered deficiencies in the process and the results of the doctrinal assessment of the organization released by the CDF in April.»

I think what Viola is saying is that many churches seem to put their pastor up as the head, or the denomination, or the doctrinal statement, or a particular system of theology, or the Bible.

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Throughout history, people disagree on what Scripture actually teaches, and so doctrinal statements were written to serve as a guide for the proper interpretation and understanding of Scripture.

On an earlier comment, Sam talked about «insider theology» where a group has a hidden doctrinal statement that is not written on paper, and you don't know what it is until after you trespass and get burned for it.

We need the doctrinal statement so people know what we believe, and so we can take a stand on the truth.

I feel in my heart what I want to say about doctrinal statements, and these posts are a weak attempt to get it out into words.

If you disagree with this, just suggest to you pastor that the church discard its doctrinal statement and then see what he says.

One could of course complain that if that's what they all believe, they ought to update their doctrinal statement, but living people change; groups of living people change; the paperwork rarely if ever keeps up with the changes.

Since the early church had no set «canon of Scripture» (we'll deal with this later), no universally accepted doctrinal statements or creeds, no seminaries to teach «correct doctrine», and no Pope or Denominational leaders to decide between disagreeing factions, there was a lot of disagreement in the early church about what was truth and what was «heresy.»

... typically don't have a building, a budget, a staff, a doctrinal statement, a mission's team, a children's program, or any of the typical trappings of what most people think of as «church.»

You have to admit... that paper Zane Hodges read was meant for shock value (sort of like what John Piper does) meant for generating discussion, and was not intended to remove the cross of Christ from a doctrinal statement.