Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 26, 2002
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Augustine, while puzzling over the doctrine of the Trinity, was walking along the beach one day when he observed a young boy with a bucket, running back and forth to pour water into a little hole. Augustine asked, "What are you doing?" The boy replied, "I’m trying to put the ocean into this hole."
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Contributed by I. Grant Spong on May 26, 2017
I began my Christian journey, like most I suppose, with a narrow doctrinal point of view. But, I was curious and did not stay within denominational boundaries. The graduate school of theology that I chose had professors who were from a wide variety of Protestant backgrounds. Professors there tried
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006
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“It is an undoubted truth that every doctrine that comes from God, leads to God; and that which doth not tend to promote
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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Our doctrine of equality and liberty and humanity comes from our belief in the brotherhood of
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
"Let the pulpit resound with the doctrine and sentiments of religious liberty. Let us hear of the dignity of mans nature, and the noble rank he holds among the works of God. ... Let it be
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Let the pulpit resound with the doctrine and sentiments of religious liberty. Let us hear of the dignity of man's nature, and the noble rank he holds among the works of God.... Let it be known
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Contributed by James Chandler on Apr 2, 2003
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There is a doctrine that is becoming popular that teaches that a Christian can reach a point in their lives where sin no longer has an effect on them. They cease to sin. Of course this totally goes against the Word of God. Hopefully, as we grow and mature as Christians sin has less of a hold on
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Sep 16, 2008
Doctrine: Be Like Moses
James Packer writes:
"Many of us would agree with Peter when he says that parts of Paul's letters are hard to understand! And there are difficulties and apparent discrepancies in other parts of the Bible too. On this matter of discrepancies, I remember reading something
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Baptist
Contributed by Josh Hunt on Feb 7, 2012
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We are not asked to believe the doctrine of the Resurrection. We are asked to meet this person raised from the dead.
Larson, B., & Ogilvie, L. J. (1983). Vol. 26: The Preacher’s Commentary Series, Volume 26 : Luke. The
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 9, 2008
The seriousness of errant doctrine can be compared to a missile aimed a mere one degree off target. The difference seems slight and negligible at first, yet the results of the error increase dramatically throughout the flight, until the missile totally misses its intended target.
So it is with
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
"The question is not whether a doctrine is beautiful but whether it is true. When we wish to go to a place, we do not ask whether the road leads through
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Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 10, 2010
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GOOD DOCTRINE, GOOD PRACTICE
There were two doctors with the same name who lived a few doors apart. One was a Christian and a lay preacher, the other had made no profession of faith. One night a rather sick person, who was also a Christian and wanting help from a fellow believer, knocked
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Brethren
Contributed by Rickey Bennett on Aug 16, 2009
COLOSSIANS 1:24 "BAFFLING"
Now I consulted four different sources on this text to see whether there was any consensus among the best scholars and pastors as to what that means. And this comment from Sam Storms, who is one of those best scholars and pastors, pretty much sums it
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2007
"The doctrines of grace humble a man without degrading him, and exalt a
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 21, 2008
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"I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life, the life of toil and effort, of labor and strife: to preach that the highest form of success comes, not to the man who desires mere easy peace, but to the man who does not shrink from danger, from
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
"Morality is not properly the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may
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