DOCTRINAL DRIFT

I doubt we ever drift toward doctrinal fidelity. We drift from it. Little by little, pulled by the gentle current of the culture—a desire to be accepted, a longing to get along, compromise in the name of compassion. At first, we claim to still believe “those things,” while failing to identify what those things are.  It seems safer not to rock the boat, and the boat drifts downstream from theological clarity until faster and faster the pull gets stronger and stronger.  The end is to become like Hymenaeus and Alexander who, “concerning the faith suffered shipwreck” (1 Tim.1:19-20).