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Let the historians and the Ph.D. students work out their doctrines. I'm not interested in theories per se.

I am a believer in the fundamental doctrines of Christianity.

Missionaries labor diligently to teach and baptize those who accept the gospel. In the process, their own testimonies become deeply rooted.

I would be cautious in embracing or rejecting doctrines. Had they been essential to our salvation, they would have been more explicitly declared in the Gospels, where we are so well taught the practice of every good word and work.

The thirst for education that comes with the change the gospel brings can be a blessing or a curse, depending on our motives.

I have an intense dislike of doctrines, because you will always end up eating your words.

I just find the evangelical church too, well, restrictive. But the School of Practical Philosophy is nonconfrontational. We believe there are many forms of Scripture. What is true is true and will never change, whether it's in the Bible or in Shakespeare. It's about oneness.

I think that's a part of what motivates me in my teaching and writing. Once the Gospel feels mainstream and becomes a nicely organized, orchestrated belief system, frankly, I don't think there is even an attraction to the human spirit.

Compare Scripture with Scripture. False doctrines, like false witnesses, agree not among themselves.