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1 | Intimidated by the word "doctrine"? | 2 Tim 3:16 | kalos | 3312 | ||
Dear forrest: Why are so many threatened by the use of the word "doctrine", which is merely another word for "teaching"? All scripture is indeed "profitable for doctrine" (KJV). . . . Thank you for the philosophical essay on Truth. But I was never speaking of the precepts or doctrine of men. I was speaking only of sound Bible doctrine which IS inspired of God and the meaning of which can be determined. To suggest that there is some contradiction or conflict between sound Bible doctrine and Christ is misleading. The Bible (including its sound doctrine) is the Written Word. Christ is the Living Word. Therefore, I see no conflict between Christ, the Living Word, and the Bible, the Written Word. So I still say belief comes first and then behavior. I still say WHAT, as well as Whom, we believe greatly impacts the way we live. It was not my intention to quibble over words, but to state a plain fact in plain English. |
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2 | Intimidated by the word "doctrine"? | 2 Tim 3:16 | Hank | 3370 | ||
When I was a young boy I used to sit in the church pew between my parents, miserable in a white shirt saturated in Faultless Starch, and hear the preacher talk about doctrine, doctrine, nothing but doctrine, or so it seemed to me. I had no idea of what he meant by doctrine, of course, and by the time the service was ended I was so glad to get home and get out of that wretched starched shirt that I never thought about asking my parents what doctrine was all about. So I invented a definition of my own. The word sounded to my young ears a lot like doctor so I figured it must have something to do with people being sick and going to a doctor. Little did I dream then that I had stumbled upon as good as definition as there is of doctrine. As JVH has pointed out, it means nothing but teaching. That's all. In the New Testament, it is the teaching of Christ Jesus and is intended to heal a spiritually sick world. He is the Doctor (Great Physician) and the doctrine is for sick people. An eight-year old boy in a starched shirt had it right after all. Hank | ||||||