Two Follies of the Saints. A Question.

"We believe in one God,
the Father, the Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all that is, seen and unseen.

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, light from light, true God from true God,
begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father;
through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven,
was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary
and became truly human.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures;
he ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,
and his kingdom will have no end.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified,
who has spoken through the prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come. Amen."

"The Nicene Creed"


I have not quite gathered my thoughts on this yet, instead, I'm coming to you guys for your thoughts--if you happen to have any and are willing to take the time to dialogue about them with me.

My question:

Why do we Christians have so much trouble reconciling having sound doctrine with being salt and light and loving the Lord our God with all of our hearts, souls, minds and strengths? Why do some of us feel we must abandon and ignore the doctrines that proclaim the truths that we believe in order to serve Christ, and others of us are content with having doctrine and merely watching while Rome burns to the ground? Why are some of us so afraid that doctrine will get in the way of serving and loving Jesus that we toss Truth by the wayside, while others think that if we have doctrine, we have Jesus? Why must we swing to these extremes, and what is characteristic of a true relationship with Jesus Christ, if Christ is Truth AND Christ is Love?

I would greatly appreciate your thoughts on this matter. If you are so kind as to engage in the dialogue here, please leave your name (first name and last initial) if you don't have a Blogger account and/or if I don't know you.

Thanks again to everyone for your thoughts and comments so far. I look forward to pursuing the Logos with you all, both here as well as back at school in a few weeks.

Love and Grace to His Saints,
Garrett