An Examination of Our Theological Conclusions
An Architecture to Bring True Peace and Unity to the Global Church
An architecture to bring true peace and unity to the global church by examining the way we form theological conclusions.
What happened to the church’s promised unity? An Examination of Our Theological Conclusions examines how Christians form and defend theological conclusions, calling believers to bring their assumptions, methods, traditions, and priorities back under the authority of Scripture and the lordship of Jesus Christ so that biblical truth, humility, love, and genuine Christian unity can be pursued without doctrinal compromise.
About This Book
Paul J. Bucknell turns attention not merely to individual doctrines, but to the process by which we reach theological conclusions. The book asks believers to examine the assumptions, methods, traditions, and priorities that shape our doctrinal judgments—and to bring them again under the authority of Scripture and the lordship of Jesus Christ.
The goal is not unity through compromise. It is a biblical architecture for pursuing truth, humility, love, and genuine Christian unity so that the church can more faithfully display Christ and carry out its God-given mission.
- Examine how theological conclusions are formed and defended.
- Distinguish faithfulness to Scripture from loyalty to inherited theological systems.
- Handle doctrinal differences with humility, love, and a teachable spirit.
- Pursue Christ-centered unity without surrendering biblical conviction.
From the Preface
A spirit of unity and delight arises when we engage in scriptural discussions in God's love.
The church of God must decisively change her momentum and shift toward unity. As members of one body under Christ's Lordship, we must disengage from all divisions and unite to fulfill our God-given mission. Disunity is not an option. Our pursuit of Christ-earned unity firmly exalts our Lord and best positions us to complete the Great Commission.
Jesus paved the way for unity through His prayers, death, ascension, calling, teaching, and the empowering of the Holy Spirit. We have but one Savior and one Lord. Believers don't deny the church's biblical foundation of unity or instruction, but our Lord's strong words embarrassingly reveal our stubborn unbelief.
Our unbelief pokes holes in our prized theological statements, which supposedly display our professed loyalty and faithfulness to our Lord and His Word. “I believe in the Holy Ghost; the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints” (From the Apostles' Creed). A cursory look at Christianity shows that we believe in disunity more than unity. But somehow, we continue to think disassociation with other brothers is ideal and use this mindset to legitimize current beliefs and practices.
It's time the church reforms again, not by forsaking the Gospel but by believing and living out the powerful truth of its unity. We urgently need to use the remaining days for the worldwide church to march forward, hand in hand with the bright torch of love, aiding us in completing our missional task…
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