[sword-devel] Doctrinal Statement

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Gary Amirault writes:

> I'm not a Christadelphian, but have you ever considered the fact that
> perhaps the largest "cult" going might be "mainstream Christianity?"
> Mainstream Judaism thought they were right in the flow of God and were
> rudely awakened in 70AD. Is a repeat performance possible?

The labels are not as important as doctrinal consistency.

I wouldn't expect a Jewish group to accept my view of theology, although
they should.  And I refuse to knowingly accept theological or scriptural
advice from persons who don't hold to the historic pillars of the Christian
faith.

The past breaks with doctrine were not taken lightly.  The death, burial
and resurrection of Christ was needed to break from Judaism, and the
theological thinking of Luther, Calvin and others during the reformation
era were not disguised as Roman Catholocism (at least not once Luther
discovered he couldn't change the church from within).

The bottom line, in light of the past few messages, is that there should be
a clear statement of the objectives of this project, and potentially a
statement of faith.

I don't expect everyone on the project to be hard core Calvinists, but we
should agree on the basics.  Unfortunately there are many that would claim
to be Christians that add or detract from the truth, but if we at least
stay away from some that claim that the Christian theology is flawed, then
we could avoid inadvertantly leading others astray.

"Why can't we all just get along?" is great in the context of peace in the
inner city, but theologically, it is the road to Hell.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-sword-devel@crosswire.org
> [mailto:owner-sword-devel@crosswire.org]On Behalf Of Dan Bertles
> Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 11:41 AM
> To: Sword Development
> Subject: [sword-devel] Doctrinal Statement
> 
> 
> Troy,
> 
> Is there a doctrinal statement and/or standard set up for those who
> contribute to the Sword Project?  I always look at links mentioned on the
> e-mail list.  One pointed directly to an orginization called the
> "Christadelphians" which is definitely a cult.  I would be uncomfortable
> having someone contribute texts, etc. from someone who doesn't hold to the
> standard tenants of mainstream Christianity.
> 
> Any thoughts on this?
> 
> In Christ,
> 
> Dan
> 


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