Scripture on the Importance of Doctrine
(국어본은 다음을 보십시오: ) 1. Introduction Even people who say that doctrine is boring or divisive have, whether one acknowleges it or not, doctrines that one holds onto. For example, “Jesus died for my sin” is a doctrine — that ‘Jesus died’ is a historical fact, but the theological statement that he ‘died for my sin’ is a doctrine. There are some people who say “that ‘Jesus died for my sin’ is not a doctrine but the word of God.” But what does it mean to say that something is the “word of God”? There are two senses in which the expression “word of God” is usually used: The bible itself. The…