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Let us reject the spirit of making proselytes to particular creeds by any other means than persuasion.

— Noah Webster

“Ironically, the insistence that doctrines do not matter is really a doctrine itself. It holds a specific view of God, which is touted as…

— Timothy Keller

“Doctrines are statements designed to point us to God; they are not meant as objects of faith themselves.”

— Donald Fairbairn

not to find out new principles, or new arguments, never before thought of . . . but to place before mankind the common sense…

— Thomas Jefferson

“Bring relevance to the people before teaching them to be believers”

— Sunday Adelaja

As God's followers, we must be ever watchful not to allow diluted teachings or secular philosophies to creep into our doctrine.

— Jonathan Falwell

Religion may be defined thus: a belief in, and homage rendered to, existences unseen and causes unknown.

— Frances Wright

“The term entheogen proposes a radical inversion of customary attitudes towards religion as faith or as something concerned with an ultimate reality or truth…

— Daniel Waterman

The word doctrine, as used in the Bible, means teaching of duty, not theory.

— George MacDonald

This doctrine (justification) is the head and the cornerstone. It alone begets, nourishes, builds, preserves, and defends the church of God and without it…

— Martin Luther

“A philosophical system may stand on the coherence or persuasiveness of its propositions. The church is otherwise. It is not a collection of propositions…

— The Protestant Faith George W. Forell

However, it must always remain a dialogue, and never an imposition of the church's own convictions and methods. Propose, not impose. To serve, and…

— Claudio Hummes