Doctrine is essential to the life of the church - as However, theological interest and precision has fallen on hard times. Many churches today are more interested in subjective experiences than objective
truth.
Pastors are becoming social commentators, political pundits,
group therapists, entertainers, and
Sadly, for many it does not matter what the church believes and
teaches as long as it is a place where they will feel accepted and tolerated in
“non-judgmental love.” Certainly we must be loving, but not at the expense
of truth. We speak the truth in love but it is imperative that we have a
commitment to the truth, and recover Biblical authority and its place in the
church. Without truth we are like ships without a map or compass, “tossed
to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine,
by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes." Ephesians
4:14