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Subject: dogmatic slumbers Author: Adam Konopka [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 13:11:51 03/06/02 Wed Micah...thanks for your posting. It reflected a lot of my same feeling toward churching. A couple a clarifications that I have... How do we stick to the basics (church doctrine/pillars) while still addressing the needs of the people in the congregation? I obviously don't see a big gap between the two. Ideally, the teachings of the historic tradition of the church are inherently directed toward life as we know it, but in my experience, sometimes there is a gap there. So when does doctrine become dogma? When does what we herald as the "fundamentals" get put in opposition with love? Which side is better to err? I feel like I am against all watering down of the gospel, but at the expense of what? It seems to me that love is the ultimate foundation that all doctrine should be built upon, to use your metaphor. How do we learn/teach/preach/do what is built on love that doesn't forget its foundation? I will echo the text that you used....act justly...love mercy...walk humbly...this is what the gospel calls us to. It is what Jesus embodied. The kicker is how do we do a sunday school lesson on inerrancy of scripture (to pick one) that does not violate a loving stance toward our neighbor? Or another opposing position, to push it further. ak [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]