Daily Doctrine Quotes

“In castigating religion, we may be unloading more baggage than we realize. People tend to equate commands, doctrines, structures, and rituals with religion. That’s why people want to be “spiritual but not religious.” And yet Christianity is a religion that believes in commands, doctrines, structures, and rituals. As a Jew, so did Jesus. Jesus did not hate religion. On the contrary, Jesus went to services at the synagogue and operated within the Jewish system of ritual purity (Mark 1:21, 40–45). He founded the church (Matt. 16:18) and established church discipline (Matt. 18:15–20). He instituted a ritual meal and called for its perpetual observance (Matt. 26:26–28). He told his disciples to baptize people and teach them to obey everything he commanded (Matt. 28:19–20). He insisted that people believe in him and believe certain things about him (John 3:16–18; 8:24).”
― Kevin DeYoung, Daily Doctrine: A One-Year Guide to Systematic Theology