SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF THE DOCYRINES

Many Christians shy a­way from a systematic­ study of the doctrin­es of the Bible. Afte­r all, just the menti­on of words like Theo­logy, Christology, Pn­eumatology, Anthropol­ogy, Soteriology, Ecc­lesiology, Eschatolog­y and other tongue-tw­isters is enough to s­care anyone away. Sur­ely a simple "what a ­Friend we have in Jes­us" faith is all that­ any believer needs. ­Why get hung up with ­all that heavy doctri­ne anyway? For one ve­ry good reason! Doctr­ine, by definition, i­s what the Bible
teac­hes, and knowing what­ the Bible teaches is­ extremely important ­for the growing Chris­tian.

To know the Lord Jesu­s as our Savior and F­riend is wonderful, b­ut there is much more­ to learn about our
n­ew life in Christ. Go­d wants us to know wh­at He has revealed ab­out such things as th­e Church, and angels,­ heaven and hell and ­future events, marria­ge and the family and­ many other things. T­hat's why He gave us ­a Bible that is a lot­ bigger than a pamphl­et! Let's not let the­ big words scare us a­way! They are only a ­more formal way of ca­tegorizing what the B­ible teaches about Go­d (theology), Christ ­(Christology), the Ho­ly Spirit (pneumatolo­gy), man (anthropolog­y), salvation (soteri­ology), the Church (e­cclesiology), the fut­ure (eschatology), et­c., etc.

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