"Theology means 'the science of God,' and I think any man who wants to think about God at all would like to have the clearest and most accurate ideas about Him that are available." - C. S. Lewis

"The truth is, no preacher ever had any strong power that was not the preaching of doctrine." - Phillips Brooks

"The time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine." - 2 Timothy 4:3

"Great saints have always been dogmatic." - A. W. Tozer

"There can be no spiritual health without doctrinal knowledge." - J. I. Packer

"When we have room enough for any and every brand of doctrine, that's too much room. Can the same fountain send forth both bitter water and sweet? Can two walk together unless they agree? One scholar says that the early Christians condemned false doctrine in a way that sounds almost unchristian today." - Vance Havner

"It would be impossible to overemphasize the importance of sound doctrine in the life of a Christian. Right thinking about all spiritual matters is imperative if we would have right living." - A. W. Tozer

"The chief need of the present age is great theology." - Dr. Loraine Boettner

"Doctrine is the necessary foundation of duty; if the theory is not correct, the practice cannot be right. Tell me what a man believes, and I will tell you what he will do." - Tryon Edwards

"Doctrine is the framework of life - the skeleton of truth." - Adoniram J. Gordon

"The question is not whether a doctrine is beautiful but whether it is true." - Augustus William and Julius Charles Hare

"Start with the Scriptures. Then go to those books that will help you. And above all, read both - or all - sides of the matter, for there are many sides. Do not be content with reading one side only. I find it tragic that people should read one side only. Often they have never heard of another side, or if they have, they are not prepared to even consider it." - D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

"It is an undoubted truth that every doctrine that comes from God, leads to God; and that which does not tend to promote holiness is not of God." - George Whitfield

"We should no more tolerate false doctrine than we would tolerate sin." - J. C. Ryle

"Purity of doctrine is the soul of the church." - John Calvin

"The New Testament always ties up prophetic doctrine with practical duty." - Vance Havner

"Doctrines are not God; they are only a kind of map. But that map is based on the experience of hundreds of people who were really in touch with God." - C. S. Lewis

"I always find that those who are driven with every wind of doctrine are those who are too lazy to study doctrine." - D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

"The creed is the road or street. It is very good as far as it goes, but if it doesn't take us to Christ it is worthless." - D. L. Moody

"When a person does not know the doctrines of the Christian faith, he can easily be captured by false religions. - Warren W. Wiersbe

"Doctrine is never meant merely to make us knowledgeable, but to make us godly." - James Philip

"To separate doctrine from life or life from doctrine is to sue for a groundless divorce. God has joined them together, and what he has joined together we must never put asunder." - R. C. Sproul

"Biblical truth has been given to change lives, not simply to stimulate discussion." - Dick Dowsett

"Nothing is to be introduced as doctrine which is not according to revelation." - Henry T. Mahan

"In Christianity, creed has always to do with Christ." - G. Campbell Morgan

"A dead creed is of no use; we must have our creed baptized with the Holy Ghost." - C. H. Spurgeon

"It is one thing for us to defend a doctrine in a church meeting, and quite something else to put it into practice in everyday life." - Warren W. Wiersbe

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