Those who minimize sound doctrine and promote feelings and experience must recognize they plot a course for deception and disaster. Those who focus on sound doctrine must begin teaching people to apply Scripture to their daily living so the experience of God’s people matches what God’s Word commands.
Surprised by Suffering
Martin Luther once wrote: “Without trials ... a person can know neither Scripture nor faith, nor can he fear and love God. If he has never suffered, he cannot understand what hope is.”
