Note: Before reading the following arguments, please understand that they are not what I believe. On Wednesdays, I deliberately argue for wrong ideas, challenging my listeners to call and defend the obvious right answer, which is usually far harder than one would expect. This is a summary of what Wacky Andrew will be arguing, not a representation of what real Andrew believes.~How much doctrine did Jesus teach? Why do you think that is?
~Do you have to have good doctrine in order to be born again? Do you have to acquire good doctrine in order to retain your salvation?
~If it takes a theology degree to really have good doctrine, how necessary can it really be?
~The Westminster Confession is 22 pages long!
~Most people throughout Christian history didn’t have access to Bible or theology resources. How did this harm them?
~Jesus said, “My sheep hear my voice.” And “If you love me, keep my commandments.” And “By this shall all men know that you are My disciples, by your love one for another.” As far as I can tell, ~He never said, “All of My sheep have flawless theology, or else they aren’t my sheep.”
~What would you rather have, someone who knows the intricacies of the doctrine of predestination or the Trinity, but doesn’t love Jesus or someone who loves Jesus but is fuzzy or even unsure about the Trinity or election? Which would Jesus prefer?
~I have met a lot of people who would fight tooth and nail in defense of Sola Scriptura, but they don’t show very much love one for another.
~Is bad doctrine a sin which needs forgiveness?
~What percentage of God do you think you really understand?
~Did it matter what the average Hebrew in Egypt believed when the angel of death came to their door, or did it just matter that they had the blood of the slain lamb on their doorpost?
~When Paul lists off all the sins that keep people out of heaven, he never includes “bad doctrine” in the list.
~Paul claimed to know Christ and Him crucified and nothing else.
~Doesn’t 1 Corinthians 13 warn about the danger of being too obsessed with doctrine?
~Be honest, most of the people you know who are really emphatic about correct doctrine, do they seem like the kind of people non-Christians really want to hang around with and learn the Lord from?
~How many people have been beaten over the head by lovers of doctrine? How many by genuine lovers of Christ?
~Wasn’t Jesus murdered by people who loved doctrine more than they loved God?
~Jesus says to judge a tree by its fruit, not by its doctrine.
~If you’re honest, how many people who say you’re saved by faith alone actually mean that you’re saved by having just the right doctrine of salvation by faith alone?
~For how many Evangelicals is correct doctrine the secret intellectual work by which we enter or forfeit heaven?
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