I Would Rather Die...

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Fri, 23 Sep 2005 12:28:26 +0100

I will tell you what the things we have left a church for...not sure if that means i\'d die for the same reasons...maybe yes.
A church needs to trust and teach the authority of God\'s Word...without omission.
On a lesser urgency level, the importance of Christian world view thinking and living so that we learn how to effect the world for God\'s glory and expand His kingdom in all areas of life.
Maybe you could share about your small community\'s mission stance someday! Churches are far too isolated and irrelevant to the outside and lost. I can\'t say we have \"missed\" church all that much. :sad: - cwv warrior

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Thu, 22 Sep 2005 19:08:03 +0100

Hey, at least you\'ve got Spanish and sloppy Latin. I only know a few phrases so I can act pretentious.

My definition of Theology proper is Trinitarian. Christology, Pneumatology and [fancy name for God-the-Fatherology] are sub-categories. But then, I\'m just a pretend theologian. - ThirstyDavid

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Thu, 22 Sep 2005 18:35:33 +0100

I\'ve encountered two definitions of theology proper: 1) the attributes of God (trinitarian) and 2) the attributes of God (the Father).

sine qua non--you\'re right. My Spanish keeps forcing my sloppy Latin do things it shouldn\'t. - Rey

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Thu, 22 Sep 2005 18:14:39 +0100

I believe it is sine qua non.

I know this will be missing the point, but I would die for anything I believe, for the following reason. The only scenario in which that choice would exist would be a \"recant or die\" situation. So, the real question is, what would I lie about believing to save my life.

But that\'s not what you\'re looking for, is it? The doctrines that I absolutely will not compromise in any way are:

1. Theology proper
2. Bibliology
3. Soteriology

I still have things to learn about all of them, but you would have to work pretty hard to convince me I was wrong. - ThirstyDavid