Theological Integrity/Sound Doctrine

I fear that we, the American Church, have begun to weaken in the cause of sound doctrine. This is not merely credited to Liberal Christians, but the Conservative as well. On the one hand, there is moral decay and a lack of Godly expectation for believers. On the other hand, there is staunch legalism that is reminiscent of the Pharisees of old, who would add to the Law things that were not black-and-white, but gray areas. This is a charge to the Church (as well as myself)...be of sound doctrine. There are those that think that doctrine is not important...that it is all about how you live your life. While the way that we live our life is of the utmost importance, without sound doctrine, what impact can we truly make? If we are an inch off of sound doctrine today, then we will be miles away in a years' time. We need to first make sure that this life we live is in concordance with the doctrine of the Scriptures. We need to live a life that maintains theological integrity. Dietrich Bonhoeffer said, "If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the opposite direction." C.S. Lewis wrote in Mere Christianity, "Every­one has warned me not to tell you what I am going to tell you in this last book. They all say ‘the ordi­nary reader does not want The­ol­ogy; give him plain prac­ti­cal reli­gion’. I have rejected their advice. I do not think the ordi­nary reader is such a fool. 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 which are avail­able. You are not chil­dren: why should you be treated like children?" We need to be weaned off of the spiritual milk that we have been drowning on for years, and begin to feed on the meat that is sound doctrine.
-Heath
Soli Deo Gloria