Comments on: How to Know if a Doctrine is Essential: Three Criteria http://socaltheologica.com/2008/07/12/how-to-know-if-a-doctrine-is-essential-three-criteria/ Fri, 04 Feb 2011 20:35:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: amechi http://socaltheologica.com/2008/07/12/how-to-know-if-a-doctrine-is-essential-three-criteria/#comment-707 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:00:36 +0000 http://socaltheologica.wordpress.com/?p=368#comment-707 i looked up “essential” and got…absolutely necessary, indispensible. I would say essential an essential doctrine to be the absolute center-piece without which you’ve lost the main thrust of whatever subject that’s being discussed. Having said that i’ll say that the essential doctrine(s) of christianity would have to be the death and resurrection of Jesus and all that’s directly related to it. For example, man’s sin (why he died to reconcile us that we’ll glorify God), God’s glory and name.
Now, be careful. There are also things that are soo connected to this that if you tamper with them or get them wrong, you might loose or be playing with fire and so that might make them pretty close to essential.
I’d say, these 3 criteria by the parchment and pen guys would be very helpful in determining not only the essential doctrine(s) but moreso, generally, what’s biblically correct/accurate teaching and thinking.
it’s good stuff and i’ve copied and pasted it. thanks to them and thx to you, Dr Mooney.

]]> By: Brewer http://socaltheologica.com/2008/07/12/how-to-know-if-a-doctrine-is-essential-three-criteria/#comment-703 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 05:56:08 +0000 http://socaltheologica.wordpress.com/?p=368#comment-703 Hey Dr. Mooney,

That was an interesting post. At first it seemed really simple, almost too simple, but after reading the entire post it seems really clever. I’d love to go through a few doctrines that I’ve learned or read about and see how they measure to the criteria. As of now I give it two thumbs way up!

- Jon Brewer

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