The devil loves nothing more than to turn daily words, words which we’re meant to confess sins and kiss our children by, into dirty words. For he knows that if he can muddy up words like justification or righteousness, they are useless to Christians. His aim then, is to get us feeling that the most necessary words in scripture are lousy or lofty; snobbish or foolish; and so on.
Such is the case with the word doctrine.
Doctrine is a daily word that has become a dirty word in the mind of many Christians today. It’s a sad day when the church no longer cares for doctrine. Without doctrine words become dull and useless weapons. That’s why, in every age, God has raised up everyday theologians; men and women who rub the rust off the religious words we most need to follow Jesus faithfully. It’s my hope that these writings and rants will inspire everyday theologians for this task. In the blog postings that follow, I will do my best to rub the rust off religious words that have been neglected, abused, distorted, or discarded by followers of Christ today. To this end, each posting is written with the simple intent to rekindle the reader’s imagination for the inspired words of scripture.
You see, I am a guy who believes in the words God has spoken.
I believe His words formed galaxies, filled oceans, incited riots, exorcised demons, raised corpses, and calmed storms. I’m convinced that the words that line the rice paper pages of our Bibles once lingered in the mouth of God. I believe the Word become flesh and dwelt among us.
And I believe He is among us and speaking today.
“All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.” [2 Timothy 3:16]
