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What Is the Gospel? | The Cross & The Kingdom
Type of Doctrine: Primary (i.e., central aspects must be affirmed in order to be saved) and Secondary / Tertiary (i.e., specific nuances)...
Chad Lee
9 min read


Should We Use the Sinner's Prayer? | 2 Views
Type of Doctrine: Secondary or Tertiary "But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his...
Chad Lee
7 min read


What Is God's Will for Your Life?
Type of Doctrine: Secondary or Tertiary "Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by...
Chad Lee
5 min read


Should Churches Be Attractional? | 2 Views
Type of Doctrine: Usually Secondary "For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to...
Chad Lee
8 min read


How Much Money Should I Give to the Church? | 4 Views on Tithing
Type of Doctrine: Secondary or Tertiary "The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully...
Chad Lee
9 min read


Are We Required to Rest? | 4 Views on the Sabbath
Type of Doctrine: Tertiary "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh...
Chad Lee
7 min read


Who Were the Nephilim? | 2 Views on the Nephilim
Type of Doctrine: Tertiary "The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the...
Chad Lee
3 min read


Have You Been Baptized in the Holy Spirit? | 4 Views on Spirit Baptism
Type of Doctrine: Secondary or Tertiary "I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose...
Chad Lee
6 min read


The Five Points of Calvinism and Arminianism
Type of Doctrine: Secondary or Tertiary "As it is written, 'Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.' What shall we say then? Is there injustice...
Chad Lee
5 min read


Should a Pastor Be Permanently Disqualified? | 2 Views on Disqualification
Type of Doctrine: Debated "But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be...
Chad Lee
5 min read


What Is the Significance of Baptism? | 4 Views on Baptism
Type of Doctrine: Secondary "And Peter said to them, 'Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the...
Chad Lee
4 min read


What Did Christ Do for You? | Active and Passive Obedience
Type of Doctrine: Primary "And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification...
Chad Lee
3 min read


How Should a Church Be Led? | 5 Views on Church Government
Type of Doctrine: Secondary "And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting they committed them to...
Chad Lee
5 min read


How Should We Interpret the Book of Revelation? | 4 Views
Type of Doctrine: Tertiary "The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take...
Chad Lee
3 min read


What Does the Bible Say About Involvement in Politics? | 5 Views on the Church and Politics
Type of Doctrine: Tertiary "First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all...
Chad Lee
2 min read


How Is the Bible Relevant Today? | 4 Views
Type of Doctrine: Secondary or Tertiary "All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction,...
Chad Lee
3 min read


What Is Salvation? | Justification, Sanctification, and Glorification
Type of Doctrine: Primary "For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the...
Chad Lee
3 min read


Have You Been Taken Captive By False Teaching? | Part 2: Antinomianism
Type of Doctrine: Primary "For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead." -James 2:26 ESV Why...
Chad Lee
5 min read


Have You Been Taken Captive By False Teaching? | Part 1: Legalism and Moralistic, Therapeutic Deism
Type of Doctrine: Primary " . . . yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we...
Chad Lee
11 min read


Whose Interpretation Is Correct? | 9 Major Theological Systems
Type of Doctrine: Debated (many disagreements between the systems are thought to be Secondary or Tertiary but some are Primary) Why does...
Chad Lee
7 min read
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