Will the Theologians Please Sit Down

Will the Theologians Please Sit Down

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  • 199 pages
  • 0.54 lbs

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(Scripture quotations from the New King James Version.)

When Christianity was young, the focus was on Jesus Christ and His kingdom—not theology. To be sure, there are foundational doctrines that Christians have always considered essential to the faith. But somehow the things considered essential have grown from a few sentences to a long list of theological tenets, many of which were unknown to the early Christians.

In the beginning, Christians understood that the essence of Christianity was an obedient love-faith relationship with Jesus Christ. This was not just any relationship, but a relationship that produced genuine kingdom fruit.

But then something happened: Theologians took over the church. Once they took over, the emphasis soon changed from godly fruit to "orthodox" theology. Christianity became Doctrianity. In this provocative work, Bercot argues that it's time to let Jesus speak through the pages of the Gospels without filtering His teachings through the denials and mental gymnastics of the theologians. It's time for the children of the kingdom to stand up for Jesus and the gospel He preached—and for the theologians to sit down.

Contents

  • 1. "Doctrianity" Versus Christianity
  • 2. The First Theologians
  • 3. What Was the Leaven of the Theologians?
  • 4. How Jesus Overturned the Theologians
  • 5. The Kingdom of Children
  • 6. But Wasn't Paul a Theologian?
  • 7. The Next Generation After the Apostles
  • 8. The Rise of Theologians
  • 9. The First Theological Brawl
  • 10. The Major Turning Point in Christian History
  • 11. When Theologians Rule
  • 12. What Happened While the Theologians Wrangled
  • 13. What Else Happened Because of Nicaea
  • 14. The Problem with "Doctrianity"
  • 15. Luther: Theologian in Sheep's Clothing
  • 16. How the Theologians Entrenched Themselves
  • 17. Commentaries That Muffle God's Word
  • 18. Learning to Stand Up to Theological Bullies
  • 19. Exposing the Blindness of Theologians
  • 20. Counterfeit History
  • 21. When Fiction Is Presented As Fact
  • 22. Men Didn't Talk to Women—And Other Lies
  • 23. Clueless About History Christianity
  • 24. The Fruit of the Theologians
  • 25. To Which Religion Do You Belong?
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